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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,380

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,380 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$457 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,188 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,318Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $427 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $490

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
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 15th of 50

$4,380

$490 physician + $3,890 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.