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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Michigan 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?

$2,384

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$724$617 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$776 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,388Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $724

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
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
13 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
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 24th of 51

$2,384

$724 physician + $1,660 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.