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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

New Jersey 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?

$6,527

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$501$457 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,467 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $10,715Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $501

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,454.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 2nd of 50

$6,527

$501 physician + $6,026 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.