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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Oregon rates for HCPCS 23491

Places metal such as a rod, plate, pins, or wires, sometimes together with bone cement, into a weakened bone at the shoulder to support it before it breaks. It is used when a tumor or other disease has eaten into the bone and a fracture looks likely.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder cost?

$1,995

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $2,239.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,995professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$56,234.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$38,904.51

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Oregon· 41st of 50

$1,995

IN $30,200WV $1,000

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.