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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

North Carolina 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?

$2,220

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$871$692 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$724 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,388Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $871

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
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
10 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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$2,220

$871 physician + $1,349 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.