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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Utah 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?

$8,338

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$166 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,169 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $27,542Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $59 to $977
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $575

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$38,904.51
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
7 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
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$31,622.78
Median
$39,810.72
Typical High
$57,543.99

Where Utah 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

Utah· 18th of 51

$8,338

$575 physician + $7,762 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.