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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Connecticut 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?

$5,909

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,909 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$661$468 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$4,169 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $8,511Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $661

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 50

$5,909

$661 physician + $5,248 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.