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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Georgia 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?

$1,855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$759$646 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$646 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,012Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 44th of 51

$1,855

$759 physician + $1,096 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.