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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $6,607.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $11,482
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$18,197.01
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 17.8 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 50

$3,311

IN $22,387ND $1,259

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.