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Removal of a Tumor From the Shoulder Blade

New Jersey 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?

$10,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,820$1,585 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,026 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $9,333
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $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
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,623.41
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$38,018.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 9th of 50

$10,331

$1,820 physician + $8,511 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.