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Removal of a Tumor From the Shoulder Blade

Alabama rates for HCPCS 23210

This surgery removes a tumor from the shoulder blade, along with a margin of surrounding healthy tissue, to treat a cancerous or aggressive bone growth. It is a more extensive operation than a simple biopsy, aimed at removing the entire tumor with a safety margin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Tumor From the Shoulder Blade cost?

$7,068

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,068 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,514 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,660 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,820

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
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 29th of 50

$7,068

$1,820 physician + $5,248 facility

ME $16,833WV $3,476

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.