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Strengthening A Weakened Bone At The Shoulder

Wyoming 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?

$16,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,125 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$2,344$1,950 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,125$8,913 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,125 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $22,387Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $14,125professional $2,344

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 2nd of 51

$16,470

$2,344 physician + $14,125 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.