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Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder

New Jersey 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?

$5,720

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$646 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,090 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $11,749Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,096
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $708

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$5,720

$708 physician + $5,012 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.