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Procedure price report · Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage

Release of shoulder ligament, with or without bone shaving

CPT 23415the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut the ligament running between two bony points at the top of the shoulder, with or without trimming of the overhanging shoulder blade bone.

Hospitals typically charge $2,400 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 366 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,501. Most fall between $1,154 and $8,454 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
366
States
45
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 366 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
$795$1,228$2,400$7,413$12,046

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($795 vs $12,046).

How the prices are spread

$595 – $819: 24 hospitals$595$819 – $1,127: 24 hospitals$1,127 – $1,552: 64 hospitals$1,127$1,552 – $2,137: 41 hospitals$2,137 – $2,943: 25 hospitals$2,137$2,943 – $4,052: 31 hospitals$4,052 – $5,579: 17 hospitals$4,052$5,579 – $7,682: 31 hospitals$7,682 – $10,578: 45 hospitals$7,682$10,578 – $14,565: 28 hospitals$10,578median $2,400price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (330 of 366 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$595$81924
$819$1,12724
$1,127$1,55264
$1,552$2,13741
$2,137$2,94325
$2,943$4,05231
$4,052$5,57917
$5,579$7,68231
$7,682$10,57845
$10,578$14,56528

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,400
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.32×

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 $2,400.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $5,758 across 11 hospitalsID$5,758Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,370 across 10 hospitalsMN$1,370Illinois: median $1,299 across 11 hospitalsIL$1,299Wisconsin: median $3,471 across 11 hospitalsWI$3,471Michigan: median $1,462 across 13 hospitalsMI$1,462New York: median $8,454 across 24 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,308 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,308Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,713 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,713Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,400 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,400Pennsylvania: median $1,077 across 22 hospitalsPA$1,077New Jersey: median $6,839 across 23 hospitalsNJ$6,839Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,255 across 38 hospitalsCA$3,255Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,154 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,154Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,887 across 21 hospitalsTX$5,887Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,400. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New York NY24$8,454+252%$1,670 – $8,613
New Jersey NJ23$6,839+185%$4,881 – $7,914
Texas TX21$5,887+145%$5,887 – $5,887
Idaho ID11$5,758+140%$1,412 – $14,738
Wisconsin WI11$3,471+45%$3,471 – $5,860
California CA38$3,255+36%$3,255 – $12,046
Ohio OH13$2,4000%$1,070 – $2,603
Iowa IA22$1,713−29%$1,664 – $1,960
Michigan MI13$1,462−39%$1,158 – $9,978
Minnesota MN10$1,370−43%$1,135 – $2,927
Oregon OR12$1,308−45%$1,308 – $2,326
Illinois IL11$1,299−46%$795 – $1,752
Oklahoma OK13$1,154−52%$1,154 – $8,780
Pennsylvania PA22$1,077−55%$458 – $11,093
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,400.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care273$3,255$1,154 – $8,613
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access84$1,664$1,056 – $3,659
Ownership
For-profit43$5,758$1,182 – $11,775
Government68$1,738$1,202 – $8,257
Non-profit255$2,400$1,148 – $8,376
System affiliation
Part of a system280$3,255$1,154 – $8,454
Independent86$1,503$1,066 – $5,150

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,503
Median cash price$2,400
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

195 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,713 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,564; most fall between $1,033 and $6,564.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 195 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
$795$1,154$1,713$5,887$12,046

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($795 vs $12,046).

Of the 210 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 195 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

366 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 401 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted366
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code401

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Division of joint capsule, ligament or cartilage family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Coraco-Acromial Lig Release.

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, “Release of shoulder ligament, with or without bone shaving (CPT 23415) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23415-release-of-shoulder-ligament-with-or-without-bone-shaving