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Open shoulder repair for dislocation, front tightening

CPT 23450the billing code this page is about

Open surgery that tightens the loose capsule at the front of the shoulder joint to keep the shoulder from slipping out of place.

Hospitals typically charge $3,599 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 320 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,531. Most fall between $1,560 and $8,904 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
320
States
45
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 320 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
$1,167$1,743$3,599$8,376$14,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,167 vs $14,738).

How the prices are spread

$889 – $1,178: 17 hospitals$889$1,178 – $1,562: 36 hospitals$1,562 – $2,070: 31 hospitals$1,562$2,070 – $2,743: 39 hospitals$2,743 – $3,635: 29 hospitals$2,743$3,635 – $4,818: 9 hospitals$4,818 – $6,385: 15 hospitals$4,818$6,385 – $8,462: 61 hospitals$8,462 – $11,215: 23 hospitals$8,462$11,215 – $14,862: 35 hospitals$11,215median $3,599price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (295 of 320 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$889$1,17817
$1,178$1,56236
$1,562$2,07031
$2,070$2,74339
$2,743$3,63529
$3,635$4,8189
$4,818$6,38515
$6,385$8,46261
$8,462$11,21523
$11,215$14,86235

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,599
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.49×

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 $3,599.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,750 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,750Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,362 across 11 hospitalsMI$2,362New York: median $8,454 across 24 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,753 across 13 hospitalsOR$1,753Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $2,331 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,331Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,562 across 12 hospitalsOH$3,562Pennsylvania: median $1,881 across 20 hospitalsPA$1,881New Jersey: median $6,311 across 22 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $14,862 across 28 hospitalsCA$14,862Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,560 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,560Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 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 $8,070 across 34 hospitalsTX$8,070Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,599. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$14,862+313%$4,956 – $14,862
New York NY24$8,454+135%$2,312 – $8,613
Texas TX34$8,070+124%$8,070 – $8,070
New Jersey NJ22$6,311+75%$4,881 – $7,914
Ohio OH12$3,562−1%$1,978 – $3,641
Michigan MI11$2,362−34%$1,847 – $9,978
Iowa IA17$2,331−35%$2,331 – $2,331
Pennsylvania PA20$1,881−48%$589 – $11,093
Oregon OR13$1,753−51%$1,753 – $3,126
Illinois IL12$1,750−51%$1,203 – $7,201
Oklahoma OK12$1,560−57%$1,560 – $1,560
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not 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

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 $3,599.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care262$4,900$1,594 – $9,381
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access50$2,440$1,203 – $6,564
Ownership
For-profit41$8,070$1,537 – $11,620
Government44$2,362$1,335 – $8,454
Non-profit235$3,625$1,560 – $9,058
System affiliation
Part of a system266$3,986$1,560 – $9,072
Independent54$1,978$1,407 – $7,861

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,621
Median cash price$3,599
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

197 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,651 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,316; most fall between $1,560 and $11,093.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 197 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
$1,179$1,704$2,651$8,070$14,862

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,179 vs $14,862).

Of the 218 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 197 gave a usable cash price; 15 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

320 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 351 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted320
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here23
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 code351

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 PR Repair Shoulder Capsule,Anterior.

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 repair for dislocation, front tightening (CPT 23450) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23450-open-shoulder-repair-for-dislocation-front-tightening