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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Rhode Island 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 October 2026.

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

$5,889

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,889 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,202 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,399 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$5,889

$1,318 physician + $4,571 facility

AK $19,657HI $2,734

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.