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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Arizona 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?

$3,374

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,374 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 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 $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,738 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,761Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 50

$3,374

$490 physician + $2,884 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.