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Multiple Muscle Transfer, Shoulder Or Upper Arm

Iowa rates for HCPCS 23397

This surgically relocates more than one muscle or tendon in the shoulder or upper arm from its original attachment point to a new position, restoring movement or strength lost due to nerve damage, injury, or paralysis. Moving multiple muscles in the same operation allows the surgeon to rebalance several functions at once, such as improving the ability to lift the arm or rotate the shoulder. It's a more extensive procedure than transferring a single muscle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Multiple Muscle Transfer, Shoulder Or Upper Arm cost?

$8,617

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,617 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,122 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$5,012 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,698

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Iowa· 17th of 50

$8,617

$1,698 physician + $6,918 facility

IN $23,562WV $2,297

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.