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Removal Of A Larger Growth Under The Shoulder Skin

West Virginia 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?

$1,784

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,784 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$417 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$457 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,318Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,023
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$1,784

$525 physician + $1,259 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.