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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Surgery for broken collarbone with plate or screws

CPT 23515the billing code this page is about

Open surgery that exposes a collarbone fracture and holds the bone together with internal hardware such as a plate, screws, or pins.

Hospitals typically charge $4,870 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 987 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,883. Most fall between $1,356 and $14,022 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
987
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 987 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
$958$1,556$4,870$12,117$20,936

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($958 vs $20,936).

How the prices are spread

$718 – $1,044: 60 hospitals$718$1,044 – $1,519: 131 hospitals$1,519 – $2,208: 104 hospitals$1,519$2,208 – $3,211: 59 hospitals$3,211 – $4,668: 86 hospitals$3,211$4,668 – $6,788: 58 hospitals$6,788 – $9,870: 138 hospitals$6,788$9,870 – $14,351: 107 hospitals$14,351 – $20,867: 96 hospitals$14,351$20,867 – $30,342: 51 hospitals$20,867median $4,870price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (890 of 987 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$718$1,04460
$1,044$1,519131
$1,519$2,208104
$2,208$3,21159
$3,211$4,66886
$4,668$6,78858
$6,788$9,870138
$9,870$14,351107
$14,351$20,86796
$20,867$30,34251

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,870
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.66×

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 $4,870.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,011 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,011New Hampshire: median $1,052 across 11 hospitalsNH$1,052Washington: median $4,182 across 32 hospitalsWA$4,182Idaho: median $7,933 across 18 hospitalsID$7,933Montana: median $1,356 across 13 hospitalsMT$1,356North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,620 across 42 hospitalsMN$2,620Illinois: median $1,370 across 24 hospitalsIL$1,370Wisconsin: median $3,786 across 40 hospitalsWI$3,786Michigan: median $2,023 across 43 hospitalsMI$2,023New York: median $8,454 across 63 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,123 across 33 hospitalsOR$2,123Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,770 across 41 hospitalsIA$1,770Indiana: median $2,650 across 25 hospitalsIN$2,650Ohio: median $20,472 across 47 hospitalsOH$20,472Pennsylvania: median $7,164 across 33 hospitalsPA$7,164New Jersey: median $7,907 across 34 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,224 across 79 hospitalsCA$4,224Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $6,297 across 19 hospitalsCO$6,297Nebraska: median $2,215 across 20 hospitalsNE$2,215Missouri: median $7,232 across 22 hospitalsMO$7,232Kentucky: median $1,103 across 11 hospitalsKY$1,103West Virginia: median $7,876 across 21 hospitalsWV$7,876Virginia: median $16,925 across 17 hospitalsVA$16,925Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $8,904 across 11 hospitalsAZ$8,904New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,550 across 19 hospitalsKS$1,550Arkansas: median $5,365 across 13 hospitalsAR$5,365Tennessee: median $8,569 across 18 hospitalsTN$8,569North Carolina: median $7,222 across 11 hospitalsNC$7,222South Carolina: median $13,318 across 10 hospitalsSC$13,318Oklahoma: median $1,515 across 17 hospitalsOK$1,515Louisiana: median $9,471 across 14 hospitalsLA$9,471Mississippi: median $9,181 across 12 hospitalsMS$9,181Alabama: median $6,476 across 16 hospitalsAL$6,476Georgia: median $6,653 across 14 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,086 across 46 hospitalsTX$9,086Florida: median $12,427 across 16 hospitalsFL$12,427
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,870. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH47$20,472+320%$1,903 – $31,760
Virginia VA17$16,925+248%$2,314 – $31,965
South Carolina SC10$13,318+174%$4,320 – $28,760
Florida FL16$12,427+155%$2,519 – $33,417
Louisiana LA14$9,471+94%$6,619 – $14,415
Mississippi MS12$9,181+89%$3,996 – $13,300
Texas TX46$9,086+87%$6,911 – $15,592
Arizona AZ11$8,904+83%$1,170 – $28,554
Tennessee TN18$8,569+76%$763 – $9,301
New York NY63$8,454+74%$1,652 – $13,784
Idaho ID18$7,933+63%$1,458 – $16,081
New Jersey NJ34$7,907+62%$4,881 – $9,388
West Virginia WV21$7,876+62%$792 – $11,913
Missouri MO22$7,232+49%$1,049 – $18,099
North Carolina NC11$7,222+48%$4,012 – $11,714
Pennsylvania PA33$7,164+47%$491 – $13,347
Georgia GA14$6,653+37%$6,653 – $17,045
Alabama AL16$6,476+33%$2,027 – $16,744
Colorado CO19$6,297+29%$1,440 – $19,279
Arkansas AR13$5,365+10%$1,186 – $7,573
California CA79$4,224−13%$2,174 – $19,858
Washington WA32$4,182−14%$1,510 – $15,281
Wisconsin WI40$3,786−22%$2,671 – $5,443
Indiana IN25$2,650−46%$782 – $13,833
Minnesota MN42$2,620−46%$1,496 – $4,358
Nebraska NE20$2,215−55%$668 – $7,652
Oregon OR33$2,123−56%$1,344 – $12,607
Michigan MI43$2,023−58%$1,282 – $9,978
Iowa IA41$1,770−64%$1,428 – $2,286
Kansas KS19$1,550−68%$495 – $9,823
Oklahoma OK17$1,515−69%$1,515 – $15,306
Illinois IL24$1,370−72%$782 – $6,794
Montana MT13$1,356−72%$805 – $4,889
Kentucky KY11$1,103−77%$782 – $2,768
New Hampshire NH11$1,052−78%$611 – $1,681
Vermont VT10$1,011−79%$370 – $1,815
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $4,870.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care707$7,706$1,652 – $17,056
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access262$1,791$1,111 – $5,443
Ownership
For-profit124$10,512$3,786 – $20,207
Government179$2,090$1,299 – $9,337
Non-profit682$4,292$1,344 – $13,784
System affiliation
Part of a system748$6,311$1,515 – $15,660
Independent239$2,365$1,260 – $9,467

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,825
Median cash price$4,870
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

460 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,334 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,591; most fall between $1,071 and $10,468.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 460 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
$763$1,260$2,334$9,014$16,791

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($763 vs $16,791).

Of the 514 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 460 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 32 a list price only.

How complete is this

987 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,095 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted987
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded38
Hospitals that filed this code1,095

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 Open Tx Clavicular Fracture Internal Fixation.

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, “Surgery for broken collarbone with plate or screws (CPT 23515) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23515-surgery-for-broken-collarbone-with-plate-or-screws