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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Nebraska 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?

$2,883

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,883 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$933$759 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,230 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,128Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,950professional $933

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
$831.76
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$2,883

$933 physician + $1,950 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.