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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Georgia 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?

$1,791

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,791 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$501 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$813 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,248Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $589

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
$436.52
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,995.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$1,791

$589 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.