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Removal Of Dead Bone From The Shoulder Girdle

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 23174

This surgery removes dead or infected bone fragments from a bone in the shoulder region, most often as treatment for a bone infection. The surgeon opens the area and takes out the fragments of bone that have died and separated from healthy surrounding bone, which helps the infection clear and allows healthy bone to heal. It is a more targeted removal than shaving down a broader area of diseased bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Dead Bone From The Shoulder Girdle cost?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$871$741 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$1,349 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $871 to $21,878Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $871

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$871

CA $4,074DE $776

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.