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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Texas 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?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,862 to $12,303.

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 $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $23,442
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,802

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
$933.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$35,481.34
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45,708.82
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$51,286.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 30th of 50

$3,802

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.