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Removal Of Diseased Bone In The Shoulder Girdle

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 23182

This surgery removes a portion of bone in the shoulder region that has become diseased, most often due to a bone infection. The surgeon opens the area and shaves or scoops out the affected bone to clear out infected or damaged tissue, which can help control the infection and relieve pain. It is a more extensive removal than simply taking out small dead bone fragments.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Diseased Bone In The Shoulder Girdle cost?

$4,596

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,596 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$794$661 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,399 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,913Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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· 31st of 50

$4,596

$794 physician + $3,802 facility

ME $15,585MD $1,354

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.