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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

Massachusetts 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?

$4,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,514 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,445 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,710
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $2,042

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,388.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
7 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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 45th of 51

$4,441

$2,042 physician + $2,399 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.