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Removal Of A Shoulder Joint Replacement

South Carolina 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?

$4,126

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,126 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$1,175$646 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,820 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $1,175

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
$1,445.44
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
8 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
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$4,126

$1,175 physician + $2,951 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.