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Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder

Missouri 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?

$4,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$776$708 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,089 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,471Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $776

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 51

$4,407

$776 physician + $3,631 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.