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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Arizona 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?

$2,048

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$427$389 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$851 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,623Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $427

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 39th of 51

$2,048

$427 physician + $1,622 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.