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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

Indiana 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?

$8,859

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,859 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$1,445$1,230 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,236 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $1,445

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
$1,174.90
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,585.78
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,182.57
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$8,859

$1,445 physician + $7,413 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.