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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Iowa 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?

$3,335

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,335 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$1,096$851 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,230 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $813 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,096

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
$851.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 10th of 51

$3,335

$1,096 physician + $2,239 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.