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Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder

Iowa 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?

$5,844

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,096 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,660 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,479

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$5,844

$1,479 physician + $4,365 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.