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Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation

Colorado 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 7 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$479 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,236 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $631 to $9,333Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 7th of 51

$933

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.