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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Nebraska 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?

$3,272

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,272 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,230$977 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,096 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,230

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$3,272

$1,230 physician + $2,042 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.