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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Washington 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?

$2,512

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,514 to $14,791.

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 $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $38,019
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,512

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
$1,288.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$21,877.62
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$72,443.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$23,988.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$22,387.21
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,754.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$70,794.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$72,443.60

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 38th of 50

$2,512

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.