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Removal Of A Smaller Growth Under Shoulder Skin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23075

A small soft-tissue growth in the fat layer just under the skin of the shoulder region is cut out with a margin of normal tissue around it, and the wound is stitched. Because the growth is small and sits above the muscle, this is usually a short procedure done through a modest incision. The tissue is normally sent to a laboratory to be examined and checked for cancer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Smaller Growth Under Shoulder Skin cost?

$3,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$794 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,585 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,349

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
$1,584.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
6 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Colorado 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· 5th of 51

$3,299

$1,349 physician + $1,950 facility

CO $4,866MD $1,088

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.