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Open Repair Of A Broken Shoulder Blade

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23585

Repairs a fractured shoulder blade through an incision, lining the pieces up under direct view and holding them with plates and screws where fixation is needed. Most shoulder blade fractures heal without surgery, so this is used when the break is badly displaced or involves the socket of the shoulder joint.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair Of A Broken Shoulder Blade cost?

$13,753

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,753 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,981$2,399 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$7,586 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $20,417Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,129
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $3,981

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
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$38,904.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$22,908.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$13,753

$3,981 physician + $9,772 facility

CO $14,532HI $2,676

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.