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Open Shoulder Repair For Repeated Dislocation

North Carolina 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 6 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$1,148$977 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,259 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $1,148

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
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$42,657.95
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$1,202

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.