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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Open shoulder joint drainage or foreign body removal

CPT 23040the billing code this page is about

Surgical opening of the main shoulder joint to look inside, drain infection, or take out a foreign object.

Hospitals typically charge $2,388 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 447 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,633. Most fall between $1,191 and $5,110 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
447
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 447 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$780$1,336$2,388$4,265$7,023

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($780 vs $7,023).

How the prices are spread

$564 – $735: 8 hospitals$564$735 – $958: 37 hospitals$958 – $1,249: 31 hospitals$958$1,249 – $1,627: 53 hospitals$1,627 – $2,121: 59 hospitals$1,627$2,121 – $2,763: 30 hospitals$2,763 – $3,601: 59 hospitals$2,763$3,601 – $4,693: 53 hospitals$4,693 – $6,115: 30 hospitals$4,693$6,115 – $7,969: 43 hospitals$6,115median $2,388price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (403 of 447 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$564$7358
$735$95837
$958$1,24931
$1,249$1,62753
$1,627$2,12159
$2,121$2,76330
$2,763$3,60159
$3,601$4,69353
$4,693$6,11530
$6,115$7,96943

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,388
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.71×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,388.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,910 across 10 hospitalsID$3,910Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,469 across 20 hospitalsMN$3,469Illinois: median $1,310 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,310Wisconsin: median $3,508 across 29 hospitalsWI$3,508Michigan: median $1,605 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,605New York: median $3,840 across 33 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,715 across 16 hospitalsOR$1,715Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,766 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,766Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,789 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,789Pennsylvania: median $549 across 19 hospitalsPA$549New Jersey: median $3,986 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,969 across 30 hospitalsCA$7,969Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,869 across 11 hospitalsNE$1,869Missouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $761 across 10 hospitalsWV$761Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,185 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,185Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,447 across 22 hospitalsTX$5,447Florida: median $3,257 across 10 hospitalsFL$3,257
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,388. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA30$7,969+234%$1,661 – $7,969
Texas TX22$5,447+128%$3,127 – $5,447
New Jersey NJ23$3,986+67%$3,591 – $5,419
Idaho ID10$3,910+64%$1,380 – $8,372
New York NY33$3,840+61%$1,550 – $4,084
Wisconsin WI29$3,508+47%$3,327 – $7,023
Minnesota MN20$3,469+45%$1,780 – $4,416
Florida FL10$3,257+36%$2,789 – $4,144
Ohio OH13$2,789+17%$1,432 – $2,944
Nebraska NE11$1,869−22%$1,443 – $2,345
Iowa IA21$1,766−26%$1,754 – $1,766
Oregon OR16$1,715−28%$1,336 – $2,388
Michigan MI33$1,605−33%$1,434 – $3,327
Illinois IL14$1,310−45%$888 – $1,766
Oklahoma OK13$1,185−50%$1,185 – $6,615
West Virginia WV10$761−68%$760 – $1,216
Pennsylvania PA19$549−77%$448 – $5,486
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,388.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care325$2,789$1,191 – $5,447
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access112$1,972$1,063 – $3,565
Ownership
For-profit42$3,705$1,628 – $8,372
Government74$1,856$1,226 – $3,840
Non-profit330$2,388$1,185 – $5,419
System affiliation
Part of a system353$2,789$1,216 – $5,447
Independent94$1,614$1,147 – $3,296

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,694
Median cash price$2,388
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

236 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,883 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,486; most fall between $1,162 and $5,447.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 236 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$804$1,189$1,883$4,720$7,969

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($804 vs $7,969).

Of the 264 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 236 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

447 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 509 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted447
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded4
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code509

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrotomy Glenohumeral Jt Expl/Drg/Rmvl FB.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open shoulder joint drainage or foreign body removal (CPT 23040) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23040-open-shoulder-joint-drainage-or-foreign-body-removal