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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Alabama rates for HCPCS 23076

Removes a growth from the soft tissue of the shoulder area — the tissue around the bones and joint rather than the bone itself. The growth is taken out through an incision and normally sent for examination under a microscope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth cost?

$3,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$631$537 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,175 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,570Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $447 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
7 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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. 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

Alabama· 12th of 51

$3,143

$631 physician + $2,512 facility

CO $6,382DE $1,376

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.