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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Kansas 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?

$1,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$776$631 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$776 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,890Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $776

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
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
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 49th of 51

$1,627

$776 physician + $851 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.