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Removal Of Diseased Bone At The Shoulder

Tennessee 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?

$4,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$708 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,042 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,586Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
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
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$4,564

$933 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.