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Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation

Delaware 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 3 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$479$457 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$1,230 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $100 to $7,244Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,898professional $479

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 51st of 51

$479

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.