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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Louisiana 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?

$2,713

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$525$407 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,148 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,370Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $380 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $525

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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 40th of 50

$2,713

$525 physician + $2,188 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.