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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Iowa 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?

$4,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$479 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,239 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,586Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $741

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 50

$4,372

$741 physician + $3,631 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.