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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Wide removal of shoulder soft tissue tumor, 5 cm or larger

CPT 23078the billing code this page is about

Extensive surgery to remove a soft tissue tumor of the shoulder area along with a margin of surrounding healthy tissue, for a tumor 5 cm or larger.

Hospitals typically charge $3,632 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 292 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,776. Most fall between $2,361 and $5,863 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
292
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 292 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
$1,599$2,584$3,632$5,393$8,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,599 vs $8,596).

How the prices are spread

$1,123 – $1,405: 7 hospitals$1,123$1,405 – $1,758: 14 hospitals$1,758 – $2,200: 8 hospitals$1,758$2,200 – $2,753: 52 hospitals$2,753 – $3,445: 34 hospitals$2,753$3,445 – $4,311: 44 hospitals$4,311 – $5,395: 47 hospitals$4,311$5,395 – $6,751: 20 hospitals$6,751 – $8,447: 15 hospitals$6,751$8,447 – $10,571: 24 hospitals$8,447median $3,632price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (265 of 292 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,123$1,4057
$1,405$1,75814
$1,758$2,2008
$2,200$2,75352
$2,753$3,44534
$3,445$4,31144
$4,311$5,39547
$5,395$6,75120
$6,751$8,44715
$8,447$10,57124

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$3,632
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $3,632.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,456 across 10 hospitalsIL$2,456Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,726 across 18 hospitalsMI$2,726New York: median $3,387 across 24 hospitalsNY$3,387Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,651 across 10 hospitalsOR$2,651Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,526 across 16 hospitalsIA$3,526Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $5,332 across 10 hospitalsOH$5,332Pennsylvania: median $3,356 across 12 hospitalsPA$3,356New Jersey: median $4,627 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,596 across 25 hospitalsCA$8,596Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,361 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,361Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,461 across 22 hospitalsTX$4,461Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,632. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA25$8,596+137%$4,176 – $8,596
Ohio OH10$5,332+47%$1,791 – $5,863
New Jersey NJ31$4,627+27%$3,171 – $6,839
Texas TX22$4,461+23%$3,903 – $4,461
Iowa IA16$3,526−3%$3,526 – $3,526
New York NY24$3,387−7%$3,387 – $4,282
Pennsylvania PA12$3,356−8%$212 – $5,393
Michigan MI18$2,726−25%$2,726 – $3,994
Oregon OR10$2,651−27%$2,651 – $4,688
Illinois IL10$2,456−32%$1,123 – $2,655
Oklahoma OK12$2,361−35%$2,361 – $2,361
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,632.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care247$3,758$2,456 – $6,163
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access40$2,726$1,615 – $4,688
Ownership
For-profit28$4,191$1,294 – $7,765
Government41$3,387$2,435 – $5,743
Non-profit222$3,743$2,361 – $5,863
System affiliation
Part of a system239$3,743$2,361 – $6,538
Independent53$3,194$2,195 – $4,756

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,117
Median cash price$3,632
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

162 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,526 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,752; most fall between $2,268 and $7,292.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 162 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
$1,421$2,361$3,526$5,393$8,596

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,421 vs $8,596).

Of the 189 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 162 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

292 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 332 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted292
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code332

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rad Resection Tumor Soft Tissue Shoulder 5 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, “Wide removal of shoulder soft tissue tumor, 5 cm or larger (CPT 23078) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23078-wide-removal-of-shoulder-soft-tissue-tumor-5-cm-or-larger