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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

South Dakota 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?

$1,572

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,572 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$363 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$661 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $617

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$977.24
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 47th of 50

$1,572

$617 physician + $955 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.