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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Surgery to repair a separated shoulder

CPT 23550the billing code this page is about

Open surgery on the joint where the collarbone meets the shoulder blade to put the dislocation back in place and secure it; covers either a recent or a long-standing injury.

Hospitals typically charge $2,860 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 673 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,772. Most fall between $993 and $9,532 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
673
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 673 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
$696$1,130$2,860$8,454$17,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($696 vs $17,382).

How the prices are spread

$489 – $715: 37 hospitals$489$715 – $1,046: 72 hospitals$1,046 – $1,528: 116 hospitals$1,046$1,528 – $2,234: 53 hospitals$2,234 – $3,266: 67 hospitals$2,234$3,266 – $4,775: 29 hospitals$4,775 – $6,979: 57 hospitals$4,775$6,979 – $10,203: 87 hospitals$10,203 – $14,914: 38 hospitals$10,203$14,914 – $21,802: 51 hospitals$14,914median $2,860price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (607 of 673 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$489$71537
$715$1,04672
$1,046$1,528116
$1,528$2,23453
$2,234$3,26667
$3,266$4,77529
$4,775$6,97957
$6,979$10,20387
$10,203$14,91438
$14,914$21,80251

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$2,860
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.39×

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 $2,860.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $840 across 10 hospitalsNH$840Washington: median $1,406 across 15 hospitalsWA$1,406Idaho: median $6,557 across 16 hospitalsID$6,557Montana: 9 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 $3,293 across 22 hospitalsMN$3,293Illinois: median $1,063 across 20 hospitalsIL$1,063Wisconsin: median $3,024 across 30 hospitalsWI$3,024Michigan: median $1,416 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,416New York: median $1,710 across 40 hospitalsNY$1,710Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,517 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,517Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,410 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,410Indiana: median $914 across 14 hospitalsIN$914Ohio: median $1,973 across 20 hospitalsOH$1,973Pennsylvania: median $1,466 across 23 hospitalsPA$1,466New Jersey: median $7,907 across 33 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,689 across 55 hospitalsCA$8,689Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $8,093 across 17 hospitalsCO$8,093Nebraska: median $1,889 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,889Missouri: median $893 across 13 hospitalsMO$893Kentucky: median $786 across 10 hospitalsKY$786West Virginia: median $1,508 across 18 hospitalsWV$1,508Virginia: 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: 9 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 $869 across 16 hospitalsKS$869Arkansas: median $2,532 across 10 hospitalsAR$2,532Tennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,206 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,206Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $5,424 across 14 hospitalsAL$5,424Georgia: median $6,653 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,096 across 35 hospitalsTX$7,096Florida: median $10,011 across 12 hospitalsFL$10,011
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,860. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$10,011+250%$1,973 – $20,252
California CA55$8,689+204%$1,711 – $17,382
Colorado CO17$8,093+183%$1,241 – $19,279
New Jersey NJ33$7,907+176%$5,110 – $9,093
Texas TX35$7,096+148%$1,956 – $13,668
Georgia GA10$6,653+133%$1,273 – $6,653
Idaho ID16$6,557+129%$1,161 – $12,106
Alabama AL14$5,424+90%$1,522 – $21,802
Minnesota MN22$3,293+15%$1,177 – $3,307
Wisconsin WI30$3,024+6%$2,860 – $3,024
Arkansas AR10$2,532−11%$1,112 – $5,566
Ohio OH20$1,973−31%$1,121 – $6,831
Nebraska NE15$1,889−34%$546 – $3,665
New York NY40$1,710−40%$800 – $8,454
Oregon OR19$1,517−47%$1,069 – $2,786
West Virginia WV18$1,508−47%$607 – $6,632
Pennsylvania PA23$1,466−49%$374 – $13,461
Michigan MI35$1,416−50%$1,049 – $3,024
Iowa IA26$1,410−51%$1,155 – $1,410
Washington WA15$1,406−51%$1,203 – $8,429
Oklahoma OK13$1,206−58%$1,206 – $8,219
Illinois IL20$1,063−63%$744 – $3,372
Indiana IN14$914−68%$786 – $23,667
Missouri MO13$893−69%$855 – $2,155
Kansas KS16$869−70%$489 – $4,615
New Hampshire NH10$840−71%$479 – $2,604
Kentucky KY10$786−73%$551 – $9,417
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $2,860.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care490$4,627$1,121 – $11,345
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access172$1,333$823 – $3,024
Ownership
For-profit87$8,331$1,432 – $16,716
Government123$1,471$920 – $8,454
Non-profit463$2,860$986 – $9,058
System affiliation
Part of a system503$3,024$1,061 – $10,011
Independent170$1,711$937 – $7,264

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,832
Median cash price$2,860
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

320 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,680 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,635; most fall between $855 and $7,861.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, 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
$641$1,002$1,680$6,722$17,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($641 vs $17,382).

Of the 358 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 320 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

673 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 742 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted673
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 — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code742

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 fracture and dislocation procedure family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Open Tx Acromioclavicular Dislc Acute/Chronic.

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, “Surgery to repair a separated shoulder (CPT 23550) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23550-surgery-to-repair-a-separated-shoulder