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Removal of a Deep Soft-Tissue Growth Near the Shoulder

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23073

Removes a growth from the soft tissue of the shoulder area that lies beneath the fibrous sheet covering the muscles, rather than in the fat just under the skin. Reaching it means working through or between muscle layers, and a rim of normal tissue is usually taken with it. What is removed is sent to a laboratory for examination.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Deep Soft-Tissue Growth Near the Shoulder cost?

$6,207

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$2,818$1,660 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,692 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $10,715Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $2,818

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
$3,388.44
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$6,207

$2,818 physician + $3,388 facility

WI $7,194MD $2,041

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.