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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23071

A soft-tissue growth lying in the fat layer just beneath the skin of the shoulder region is cut out along with a margin of normal tissue, and the wound is closed. This covers the larger growths in that layer; a smaller one in the same place takes less work and is handled separately. The tissue removed is normally sent to a laboratory to be examined and checked for cancer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin cost?

$4,029

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,738$759 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,738 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,738

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
$2,041.74
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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· 6th of 51

$4,029

$1,738 physician + $2,291 facility

CO $5,160MT $1,384

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.