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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

Michigan 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?

$6,596

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,596 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,698$1,549 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,692 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,698

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
12 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
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 21st of 51

$6,596

$1,698 physician + $4,898 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.