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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23395

Moves a working muscle, together with its tendon, to a new attachment in the shoulder or upper arm so that it takes over the job of a muscle that no longer works. It is used after nerve injury, paralysis, or a tear that cannot be repaired, when a lost movement has to be restored another way. Retraining the transferred muscle is a large part of the recovery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm cost?

$13,958

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,248$3,162 to $5,495
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$7,244 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $5,495 to $19,498Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $6,607
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $5,248

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$36,307.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$10,964.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Colorado than in Hawaii. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$13,958

$5,248 physician + $8,710 facility

CO $14,661HI $3,664

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.