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Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23180

Removes the diseased part of a bone in the shoulder region, shaving and hollowing away infected or abnormal bone until healthy bone is reached. It is most often done for a bone infection that has not cleared with antibiotics alone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder cost?

$10,454

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,454 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$2,692$1,698 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,365 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $16,596Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,236
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $2,692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$25,703.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$10,454

$2,692 physician + $7,762 facility

AK $10,454MT $2,169

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.