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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Removal of a foreign object just under the shoulder skin

CPT 23330the billing code this page is about

Minor surgery to take out an object lodged in the tissue just beneath the skin of the shoulder.

Hospitals typically charge $1,098 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 897 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,263. Most fall between $427 and $2,431 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
897
States
48
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 897 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
$280$510$1,098$2,148$3,862

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($280 vs $3,862).

How the prices are spread

$232 – $314: 64 hospitals$232$314 – $426: 71 hospitals$426 – $577: 69 hospitals$426$577 – $782: 66 hospitals$782 – $1,060: 124 hospitals$782$1,060 – $1,436: 66 hospitals$1,436 – $1,946: 137 hospitals$1,436$1,946 – $2,638: 83 hospitals$2,638 – $3,575: 75 hospitals$2,638$3,575 – $4,844: 61 hospitals$3,575median $1,098price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (816 of 897 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$232$31464
$314$42671
$426$57769
$577$78266
$782$1,060124
$1,060$1,43666
$1,436$1,946137
$1,946$2,63883
$2,638$3,57575
$3,575$4,84461

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,098
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

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 $1,098.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,112 across 29 hospitalsWA$1,112Idaho: median $1,800 across 10 hospitalsID$1,800Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $570 across 29 hospitalsIL$570Wisconsin: median $834 across 12 hospitalsWI$834Michigan: median $371 across 16 hospitalsMI$371New York: median $1,917 across 52 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $1,676 across 10 hospitalsMA$1,676Oregon: median $649 across 22 hospitalsOR$649Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $706 across 26 hospitalsIA$706Indiana: median $841 across 18 hospitalsIN$841Ohio: median $1,880 across 44 hospitalsOH$1,880Pennsylvania: median $1,214 across 31 hospitalsPA$1,214New Jersey: median $1,908 across 31 hospitalsNJ$1,908Connecticut: median $943 across 10 hospitalsCT$943Rhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,148 across 80 hospitalsCA$2,148Utah: median $891 across 24 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $1,505 across 19 hospitalsCO$1,505Nebraska: median $682 across 15 hospitalsNE$682Missouri: median $868 across 17 hospitalsMO$868Kentucky: median $398 across 10 hospitalsKY$398West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $733 across 20 hospitalsVA$733Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $366 across 13 hospitalsKS$366Arkansas: median $384 across 10 hospitalsAR$384Tennessee: median $319 across 24 hospitalsTN$319North Carolina: median $1,370 across 21 hospitalsNC$1,370South Carolina: median $1,758 across 10 hospitalsSC$1,758Oklahoma: median $322 across 27 hospitalsOK$322Louisiana: median $741 across 11 hospitalsLA$741Mississippi: median $415 across 28 hospitalsMS$415Alabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,416 across 29 hospitalsGA$2,416Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,658 across 76 hospitalsTX$1,658Florida: median $1,092 across 36 hospitalsFL$1,092
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,098. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA29$2,416+120%$717 – $4,377
California CA80$2,148+96%$1,559 – $3,192
New York NY52$1,917+75%$1,257 – $2,749
New Jersey NJ31$1,908+74%$1,771 – $5,110
Ohio OH44$1,880+71%$759 – $4,844
Idaho ID10$1,800+64%$659 – $4,347
South Carolina SC10$1,758+60%$628 – $10,171
Massachusetts MA10$1,676+53%$834 – $2,138
Texas TX76$1,658+51%$964 – $2,273
Colorado CO19$1,505+37%$941 – $4,371
North Carolina NC21$1,370+25%$817 – $1,427
Pennsylvania PA31$1,214+11%$114 – $2,413
Washington WA29$1,112+1%$513 – $3,464
Florida FL36$1,092−1%$1,021 – $6,055
Connecticut CT10$943−14%$280 – $1,907
Utah UT24$891−19%$787 – $990
Missouri MO17$868−21%$384 – $1,756
Indiana IN18$841−23%$256 – $1,738
Wisconsin WI12$834−24%$834 – $954
Louisiana LA11$741−33%$519 – $1,068
Virginia VA20$733−33%$298 – $1,551
Iowa IA26$706−36%$438 – $1,256
Nebraska NE15$682−38%$597 – $1,252
Oregon OR22$649−41%$549 – $1,013
Illinois IL29$570−48%$323 – $1,589
Mississippi MS28$415−62%$303 – $641
Kentucky KY10$398−64%$256 – $760
Arkansas AR10$384−65%$346 – $1,138
Michigan MI16$371−66%$326 – $2,271
Kansas KS13$366−67%$292 – $837
Oklahoma OK27$322−71%$276 – $1,091
Tennessee TN24$319−71%$298 – $701
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $1,098.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care685$1,370$498 – $2,684
Children’s23$1,197$509 – $3,082
Critical access189$659$319 – $2,005
Ownership
For-profit91$1,650$448 – $3,415
Government161$819$365 – $1,918
Non-profit645$1,170$457 – $2,717
System affiliation
Part of a system737$1,252$467 – $2,855
Independent160$673$323 – $1,943

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,852
Median cash price$1,098
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

654 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,267 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,373; most fall between $467 and $2,891.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 654 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
$301$595$1,267$2,273$3,986

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($301 vs $3,986).

Of the 709 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 654 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

897 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 980 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted897
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded36
Hospitals that filed this code980

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 non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Remove Subcut Shoulder Foreign Body.

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, “Removal of a foreign object just under the shoulder skin (CPT 23330) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23330-removal-of-a-foreign-object-just-under-the-shoulder-skin