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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

South Carolina 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?

$5,344

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$1,175$646 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,820 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $19,055Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,698
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $1,175

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
$1,479.11
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
11 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
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$5,344

$1,175 physician + $4,169 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.