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Removal Of A Shoulder Joint Replacement

Iowa rates for HCPCS 23335

Takes out a previously implanted shoulder replacement and cleans away inflamed, infected, or damaged tissue and lining around it. It is done when the implant has loosened, become infected, or worn out. Whether a new implant goes in straight away or later depends on why the old one is being removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Shoulder Joint Replacement cost?

$5,979

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,979 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$1,995 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,291 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,631
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $2,512

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,548.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$5,979

$2,512 physician + $3,467 facility

AK $14,041TX $2,290

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.