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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Louisiana 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?

$2,354

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,354 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$468 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,000 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,365Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $398 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $575

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
$645.65
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 38th of 50

$2,354

$575 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.