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Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation

Georgia 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 5 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$575$479 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,778 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,413Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $575

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
$630.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 25th of 51

$708

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.