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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Massachusetts 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?

$3,721

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,721 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$447 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,089 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $490 to $5,370Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,288
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,318.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 27th of 50

$3,721

$631 physician + $3,090 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.