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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Treatment of broken collarbone without resetting the bone

CPT 23500the billing code this page is about

Non-surgical care of a collarbone fracture using a sling or brace, without manually moving the bone ends back into position.

Hospitals typically charge $399 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,893 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $409. Most fall between $230 and $678 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,893
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,893 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$161$255$399$600$906

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($161 vs $906).

How the prices are spread

$114 – $145: 71 hospitals$114$145 – $186: 81 hospitals$186 – $237: 159 hospitals$186$237 – $302: 257 hospitals$302 – $386: 230 hospitals$302$386 – $492: 343 hospitals$492 – $628: 221 hospitals$492$628 – $802: 184 hospitals$802 – $1,024: 90 hospitals$802$1,024 – $1,306: 70 hospitals$1,024median $399price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,706 of 1,893 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$114$14571
$145$18681
$186$237159
$237$302257
$302$386230
$386$492343
$492$628221
$628$802184
$802$1,02490
$1,024$1,30670

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$252
Median cash price$399
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.58×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $399.

Alaska: median $404 across 12 hospitalsAK$404Maine: median $304 across 16 hospitalsME$304Vermont: median $372 across 10 hospitalsVT$372New Hampshire: median $230 across 15 hospitalsNH$230Washington: median $480 across 51 hospitalsWA$480Idaho: median $467 across 18 hospitalsID$467Montana: median $320 across 23 hospitalsMT$320North Dakota: median $462 across 20 hospitalsND$462Minnesota: median $393 across 67 hospitalsMN$393Illinois: median $451 across 76 hospitalsIL$451Wisconsin: median $591 across 68 hospitalsWI$591Michigan: median $338 across 56 hospitalsMI$338New York: median $463 across 81 hospitalsNY$463Massachusetts: median $725 across 42 hospitalsMA$725Oregon: median $440 across 44 hospitalsOR$440Nevada: median $549 across 13 hospitalsNV$549Wyoming: median $538 across 11 hospitalsWY$538South Dakota: median $458 across 29 hospitalsSD$458Iowa: median $387 across 68 hospitalsIA$387Indiana: median $275 across 41 hospitalsIN$275Ohio: median $425 across 62 hospitalsOH$425Pennsylvania: median $426 across 84 hospitalsPA$426New Jersey: median $1,086 across 40 hospitalsNJ$1,086Connecticut: median $604 across 20 hospitalsCT$604Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $517 across 116 hospitalsCA$517Utah: median $413 across 30 hospitalsUT$413Colorado: median $480 across 39 hospitalsCO$480Nebraska: median $394 across 52 hospitalsNE$394Missouri: median $296 across 35 hospitalsMO$296Kentucky: median $249 across 22 hospitalsKY$249West Virginia: median $317 across 29 hospitalsWV$317Virginia: median $371 across 43 hospitalsVA$371Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $268 across 17 hospitalsAZ$268New Mexico: median $382 across 16 hospitalsNM$382Kansas: median $379 across 51 hospitalsKS$379Arkansas: median $386 across 16 hospitalsAR$386Tennessee: median $74 across 25 hospitalsTN$74North Carolina: median $319 across 39 hospitalsNC$319South Carolina: median $423 across 40 hospitalsSC$423Oklahoma: median $250 across 39 hospitalsOK$250Louisiana: median $217 across 33 hospitalsLA$217Mississippi: median $140 across 31 hospitalsMS$140Alabama: median $280 across 18 hospitalsAL$280Georgia: median $309 across 48 hospitalsGA$309Hawaii: median $573 across 12 hospitalsHI$573Texas: median $358 across 114 hospitalsTX$358Florida: median $631 across 47 hospitalsFL$631
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $399. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ40$1,086+172%$283 – $4,627
Massachusetts MA42$725+82%$437 – $1,745
Florida FL47$631+58%$179 – $896
Connecticut CT20$604+51%$254 – $838
Wisconsin WI68$591+48%$264 – $742
Hawaii HI12$573+44%$360 – $905
Nevada NV13$549+38%$268 – $820
Wyoming WY11$538+35%$286 – $690
California CA116$517+30%$351 – $1,126
Colorado CO39$480+20%$259 – $752
Washington WA51$480+20%$387 – $706
Idaho ID18$467+17%$220 – $670
New York NY81$463+16%$254 – $792
North Dakota ND20$462+16%$271 – $514
South Dakota SD29$458+15%$340 – $600
Illinois IL76$451+13%$263 – $720
Oregon OR44$440+10%$235 – $634
Pennsylvania PA84$426+7%$245 – $826
Ohio OH62$425+7%$275 – $717
South Carolina SC40$423+6%$305 – $562
Utah UT30$413+3%$316 – $442
Alaska AK12$404+1%$354 – $1,079
Nebraska NE52$394−1%$247 – $536
Minnesota MN67$393−1%$271 – $537
Iowa IA68$387−3%$169 – $544
Arkansas AR16$386−3%$213 – $489
New Mexico NM16$382−4%$248 – $608
Kansas KS51$379−5%$231 – $688
Vermont VT10$372−7%$189 – $513
Virginia VA43$371−7%$103 – $476
Texas TX114$358−10%$212 – $582
Michigan MI56$338−15%$186 – $513
Montana MT23$320−20%$253 – $456
North Carolina NC39$319−20%$144 – $408
West Virginia WV29$317−21%$242 – $492
Georgia GA48$309−23%$203 – $806
Maine ME16$304−24%$226 – $474
Missouri MO35$296−26%$167 – $424
Alabama AL18$280−30%$195 – $426
Indiana IN41$275−31%$220 – $538
Arizona AZ17$268−33%$268 – $441
Oklahoma OK39$250−37%$129 – $471
Kentucky KY22$249−38%$177 – $360
New Hampshire NH15$230−42%$139 – $256
Louisiana LA33$217−46%$120 – $275
Mississippi MS31$140−65%$83 – $284
Tennessee TN25$74−81%$63 – $276
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $399.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,237$398$223 – $712
Children’s45$627$275 – $1,091
Critical access610$395$237 – $600
Ownership
For-profit144$419$228 – $820
Government403$379$216 – $588
Non-profit1,345$408$232 – $673
System affiliation
Part of a system1,489$406$232 – $676
Independent404$373$223 – $696

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$627
Median cash price$399
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,394 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $425 and the average of the middle 60% is $438; most fall between $238 and $717.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,394 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$163$266$425$665$994

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($163 vs $994).

Of the 1,505 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,394 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 70 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,893 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,048 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,893
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here77
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded77
Hospitals that filed this code2,048

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other fracture and dislocation procedure family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Clsd Tx Clavicular Fracture W/O Manipulation.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Treatment of broken collarbone without resetting the bone (CPT 23500) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23500-treatment-of-broken-collarbone-without-resetting-the-bone