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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Tennessee 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?

$2,788

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$550$447 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,259 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,623Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $550

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
$616.60
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 32nd of 50

$2,788

$550 physician + $2,239 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.