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Opening The Shoulder Joint For Drainage

Nevada rates for HCPCS 23040

Opens the main ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder through an incision so the surgeon can look inside, wash out infected fluid, or take out a loose fragment or foreign object. It is most often done urgently for an infected joint.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Shoulder Joint For Drainage cost?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $4,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,762Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $9 to $1,230
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $692

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
$691.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Nevada· 35th of 50

$2,570

IN $10,233WV $708

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.