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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Kentucky 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?

$2,063

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,063 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$550$479 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$724 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,169Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $447 to $871
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $550

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
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,801.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
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
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 30th of 51

$2,063

$550 physician + $1,514 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.