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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Delaware 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?

$4,552

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,552 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$457 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,380 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,244Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $479

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 13th of 50

$4,552

$479 physician + $4,074 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.