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Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder

Massachusetts 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?

$3,113

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$871 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$871 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,072

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,951.21
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
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
$309.03
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$3,113

$1,072 physician + $2,042 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.