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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Missouri 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?

$2,267

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,267 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$646$562 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$912 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,888Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $646

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 26th of 51

$2,267

$646 physician + $1,622 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.