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Removal Of A Shoulder Joint Replacement

Massachusetts 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?

$3,855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,479 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,413 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $5,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,905

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
7 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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$3,855

$1,905 physician + $1,950 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.