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Removal Of A Shoulder Joint Replacement

Nebraska 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?

$8,250

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,250 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,754$2,138 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,820 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,333
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $2,754

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$8,250

$2,754 physician + $5,495 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.