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Muscle Transfer in the Shoulder or Upper Arm

West Virginia 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?

$4,230

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,230 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,698 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $1,660

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$4,230

$1,660 physician + $2,570 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.