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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Arkansas 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 July 2026.

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

$1,960

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$447$417 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,230 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,512Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $372 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Connecticut than in North Dakota. 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

Arkansas· 43rd of 50

$1,960

$447 physician + $1,514 facility

CT $7,740ND $979

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.