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Removal Of A Deep Foreign Object From The Shoulder

Washington 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?

$1,867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$525 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$692 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,715Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,175professional $692

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
$691.83
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,488.17
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$194.98
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,488.17
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24

Where Washington 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

Washington· 43rd of 50

$1,867

$692 physician + $1,175 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.