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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Colorado 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?

$6,382

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,382 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$759$617 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,660 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $851 to $10,715Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $759

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$6,382

$759 physician + $5,623 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.