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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Illinois 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?

$2,880

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$692$575 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,202 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,370Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $692

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
$562.34
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$2,880

$692 physician + $2,188 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.