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Open Shoulder Repair For Repeated Dislocation

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 23450

Open surgery to tighten the front part of the shoulder joint's capsule in order to treat a shoulder that repeatedly dislocates. This approach does not involve repairing the labrum, the ring of cartilage that lines the shoulder socket, or using a bone graft.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Shoulder Repair For Repeated Dislocation cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,230$1,000 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,692 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$19,054.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,630.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$19,054.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$1,479

CA $6,918DE $955

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.