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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

Utah 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?

$5,460

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,460 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$562$417 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,162 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,943Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,905
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $562

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
$602.56
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$812.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 50

$5,460

$562 physician + $4,898 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.