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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Delaware 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?

$1,629

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,629 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 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 $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$955 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $708 to $2,884Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $355 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $427

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
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$1,629

$427 physician + $1,202 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.