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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Montana 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?

$1,188

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,188 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$427 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$708 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,571Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $389 to $759
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $741professional $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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,188

$447 physician + $741 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.