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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Montana 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?

$1,508

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,508 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$501 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$759 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $631 to $955Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $457 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01

Where Montana 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

Montana· 46th of 50

$1,508

$676 physician + $832 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.