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Removal Of A Shoulder Joint Replacement

Rhode Island 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?

$4,452

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,452 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,514 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,202 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,698

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,398.83
3 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
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 26th of 51

$4,452

$1,698 physician + $2,754 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.