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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

South Carolina 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?

$5,785

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,785 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$537$468 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,096 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $550 to $16,596Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $407 to $977
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $537

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
$549.54
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 5th of 50

$5,785

$537 physician + $5,248 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.