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Removal of a Tumor From the Shoulder Blade

Kansas 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?

$7,539

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,539 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$1,778 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,162 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $2,291

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
$2,884.03
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 23rd of 50

$7,539

$2,291 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.