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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

Missouri 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?

$5,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$1,549$1,349 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,239 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,549

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$5,351

$1,549 physician + $3,802 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.