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Removal of shoulder soft tissue tumor, 3 cm or larger

CPT 23071the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a soft tissue tumor in the fatty layer just under the skin of the shoulder area, measuring 3 cm or more.

Hospitals typically charge $1,727 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,106 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,125. Most fall between $727 and $4,844 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,106
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,106 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$486$844$1,727$4,363$6,129

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($486 vs $6,129).

How the prices are spread

$391 – $536: 66 hospitals$391$536 – $734: 105 hospitals$734 – $1,007: 118 hospitals$734$1,007 – $1,381: 141 hospitals$1,381 – $1,893: 94 hospitals$1,381$1,893 – $2,596: 123 hospitals$2,596 – $3,560: 67 hospitals$2,596$3,560 – $4,881: 131 hospitals$4,881 – $6,693: 104 hospitals$4,881$6,693 – $9,177: 47 hospitals$6,693median $1,727price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (996 of 1,106 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$391$53666
$536$734105
$734$1,007118
$1,007$1,381141
$1,381$1,89394
$1,893$2,596123
$2,596$3,56067
$3,560$4,881131
$4,881$6,693104
$6,693$9,17747

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,727
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.02×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,727.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $705 across 11 hospitalsME$705Vermont: median $681 across 11 hospitalsVT$681New Hampshire: median $676 across 12 hospitalsNH$676Washington: median $1,114 across 25 hospitalsWA$1,114Idaho: median $1,224 across 16 hospitalsID$1,224Montana: median $570 across 14 hospitalsMT$570North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,847 across 41 hospitalsMN$1,847Illinois: median $1,329 across 46 hospitalsIL$1,329Wisconsin: median $1,369 across 55 hospitalsWI$1,369Michigan: median $1,491 across 48 hospitalsMI$1,491New York: median $1,917 across 67 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $2,817 across 20 hospitalsMA$2,817Oregon: median $898 across 29 hospitalsOR$898Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,028 across 50 hospitalsIA$1,028Indiana: median $783 across 20 hospitalsIN$783Ohio: median $4,844 across 46 hospitalsOH$4,844Pennsylvania: median $1,624 across 41 hospitalsPA$1,624New Jersey: median $2,162 across 34 hospitalsNJ$2,162Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,014 across 61 hospitalsCA$4,014Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,559 across 18 hospitalsCO$1,559Nebraska: median $1,407 across 24 hospitalsNE$1,407Missouri: median $1,087 across 30 hospitalsMO$1,087Kentucky: median $567 across 14 hospitalsKY$567West Virginia: median $1,322 across 25 hospitalsWV$1,322Virginia: median $4,800 across 31 hospitalsVA$4,800Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,027 across 10 hospitalsAZ$2,027New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $750 across 27 hospitalsKS$750Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $2,261 across 16 hospitalsTN$2,261North Carolina: median $1,484 across 17 hospitalsNC$1,484South Carolina: median $4,742 across 22 hospitalsSC$4,742Oklahoma: median $881 across 16 hospitalsOK$881Louisiana: median $1,632 across 20 hospitalsLA$1,632Mississippi: median $802 across 15 hospitalsMS$802Alabama: median $1,474 across 16 hospitalsAL$1,474Georgia: median $9,140 across 14 hospitalsGA$9,140Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,303 across 47 hospitalsTX$4,303Florida: median $4,101 across 21 hospitalsFL$4,101
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,727. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA14$9,140+429%$3,600 – $13,791
Ohio OH46$4,844+181%$847 – $6,671
Virginia VA31$4,800+178%$2,320 – $5,376
South Carolina SC22$4,742+175%$4,742 – $4,978
Texas TX47$4,303+149%$1,408 – $6,041
Florida FL21$4,101+138%$1,626 – $6,055
California CA61$4,014+133%$1,366 – $5,796
Massachusetts MA20$2,817+63%$420 – $6,709
Tennessee TN16$2,261+31%$466 – $5,085
New Jersey NJ34$2,162+25%$1,793 – $5,339
Arizona AZ10$2,027+17%$458 – $9,726
New York NY67$1,917+11%$708 – $4,595
Minnesota MN41$1,847+7%$770 – $2,044
Louisiana LA20$1,632−5%$799 – $3,710
Pennsylvania PA41$1,624−6%$201 – $3,489
Colorado CO18$1,559−10%$739 – $2,255
Michigan MI48$1,491−14%$486 – $4,868
North Carolina NC17$1,484−14%$1,059 – $4,675
Alabama AL16$1,474−15%$1,050 – $7,473
Nebraska NE24$1,407−19%$742 – $1,821
Wisconsin WI55$1,369−21%$1,132 – $2,039
Illinois IL46$1,329−23%$820 – $5,610
West Virginia WV25$1,322−23%$464 – $2,682
Idaho ID16$1,224−29%$946 – $3,570
Washington WA25$1,114−35%$783 – $3,821
Missouri MO30$1,087−37%$650 – $4,354
Iowa IA50$1,028−40%$700 – $1,711
Oregon OR29$898−48%$649 – $1,973
Oklahoma OK16$881−49%$881 – $3,472
Mississippi MS15$802−54%$580 – $5,699
Indiana IN20$783−55%$481 – $2,761
Kansas KS27$750−57%$633 – $1,555
Maine ME11$705−59%$578 – $1,238
Vermont VT11$681−61%$537 – $2,853
New Hampshire NH12$676−61%$372 – $1,336
Montana MT14$570−67%$285 – $1,946
Kentucky KY14$567−67%$465 – $1,063
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,727.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care771$2,255$881 – $5,376
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access326$1,010$607 – $2,026
Ownership
For-profit103$3,570$1,165 – $7,863
Government225$1,278$725 – $3,472
Non-profit776$1,771$707 – $4,844
System affiliation
Part of a system835$1,984$757 – $4,991
Independent271$1,255$683 – $2,677

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,185
Median cash price$1,727
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

593 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,369 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,806; most fall between $630 and $4,500.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 593 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$422$758$1,369$3,821$5,574

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($422 vs $5,574).

Of the 654 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 593 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 33 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,106 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,212 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,106
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded39
Hospitals that filed this code1,212

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Excision Tumor Soft Tissue Shoulder Subq 3 Cm/>.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of shoulder soft tissue tumor, 3 cm or larger (CPT 23071) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23071-removal-of-shoulder-soft-tissue-tumor-3-cm-or-larger