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Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation

North Carolina 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 6 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$661$479 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$562 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,586Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $661

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
$457.09
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$676

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.