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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Alabama rates for HCPCS 23333

Surgical removal of a foreign object lodged deep within the shoulder, beneath the muscle layer or the fibrous tissue covering it, rather than one sitting just under the skin. This deeper location typically requires a more involved surgical approach to locate and remove the object safely.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder cost?

$2,352

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$417 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,096 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $676 to $3,388Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $389 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $490

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 39th of 50

$2,352

$490 physician + $1,862 facility

IN $7,375MD $916

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.