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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

Georgia 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?

$4,662

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,662 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,479 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,318 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,778

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$4,662

$1,778 physician + $2,884 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.