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Removal of a Shoulder-Area Soft-Tissue Growth

Ohio 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?

$1,926

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,926 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$166 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$776 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,918Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $81 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $447

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 38th of 51

$1,926

$447 physician + $1,479 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.