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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Arkansas 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?

$2,268

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$437 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,072 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,020Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $398 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 41st of 50

$2,268

$490 physician + $1,778 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.