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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Minnesota 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?

$2,466

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,466 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$1,148$813 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$871 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $1,148

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 23rd of 51

$2,466

$1,148 physician + $1,318 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.