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Removal Of A Shoulder Joint Replacement

Louisiana 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?

$4,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$1,660$1,413 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,514 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,660

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
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$4,750

$1,660 physician + $3,090 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.