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Wound Closure Or Scar Revision After Shoulder Amputation

New York 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 9 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$537$457 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,630 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $708 to $10,000Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $537

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
$602.56
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,905.46
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,041.74
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New York 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.

New York· 14th of 51

$794

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.