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Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$468 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,096 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,571Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th 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.