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Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 23921

A follow-up operation on the stump left after an amputation at the shoulder. The surgeon trims back unhealthy or excess tissue and closes the wound properly, or reshapes a scar that has healed badly or is painful.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$398 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,230 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,388Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $355 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $490

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$759

CA $4,898DE $479

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.