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Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder

Illinois 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?

$6,429

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,429 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$933$692 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,512 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $10,471Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,495professional $933

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
$724.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,951.21
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 9th of 51

$6,429

$933 physician + $5,495 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.