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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Maryland 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?

$984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$447$417 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$417 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,074Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,096
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $537professional $447

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
$239.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 50

$984

$447 physician + $537 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.