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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Iowa 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?

$4,612

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,612 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$631$437 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,072 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,943Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,905
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $631

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
$660.69
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 50

$4,612

$631 physician + $3,981 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.