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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Illinois 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?

$2,239

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$501$447 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,202 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $398 to $832
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $501

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
$512.86
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
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
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 31st of 51

$2,239

$501 physician + $1,738 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.