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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Surgery to repair a broken shoulder blade

CPT 23585the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to expose and realign a fractured shoulder blade, with or without screws, plates, or pins placed to hold the bone.

Hospitals typically charge $3,700 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 511 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,528. Most fall between $1,534 and $9,796 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
511
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 511 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
$1,033$1,714$3,700$9,058$17,844

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,033 vs $17,844).

How the prices are spread

$879 – $1,204: 45 hospitals$879$1,204 – $1,649: 49 hospitals$1,649 – $2,259: 62 hospitals$1,649$2,259 – $3,095: 51 hospitals$3,095 – $4,239: 36 hospitals$3,095$4,239 – $5,806: 38 hospitals$5,806 – $7,953: 53 hospitals$5,806$7,953 – $10,894: 60 hospitals$10,894 – $14,922: 35 hospitals$10,894$14,922 – $20,439: 34 hospitals$14,922median $3,700price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (463 of 511 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$879$1,20445
$1,204$1,64949
$1,649$2,25962
$2,259$3,09551
$3,095$4,23936
$4,239$5,80638
$5,806$7,95353
$7,953$10,89460
$10,894$14,92235
$14,922$20,43934

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,700
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.50×

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 $3,700.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,503 across 11 hospitalsVT$1,503New Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,954 across 14 hospitalsWA$1,954Idaho: median $7,933 across 17 hospitalsID$7,933Montana: 4 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 $2,968 across 15 hospitalsMN$2,968Illinois: median $1,784 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,784Wisconsin: median $6,563 across 32 hospitalsWI$6,563Michigan: median $1,612 across 29 hospitalsMI$1,612New York: median $6,746 across 34 hospitalsNY$6,746Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $3,231 across 13 hospitalsOR$3,231Nevada: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,413 across 19 hospitalsIA$2,413Indiana: median $1,024 across 10 hospitalsIN$1,024Ohio: median $3,700 across 16 hospitalsOH$3,700Pennsylvania: median $5,050 across 20 hospitalsPA$5,050New Jersey: median $7,907 across 33 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $19,858 across 35 hospitalsCA$19,858Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $2,150 across 10 hospitalsCO$2,150Nebraska: median $2,381 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,381Missouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,075 across 12 hospitalsWV$1,075Virginia: 5 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $3,302 across 11 hospitalsTN$3,302North Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,051 across 14 hospitalsOK$2,051Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,082 across 27 hospitalsTX$9,082Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,700. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA35$19,858+437%$2,233 – $19,858
Texas TX27$9,082+145%$6,210 – $9,082
Idaho ID17$7,933+114%$2,008 – $13,210
New Jersey NJ33$7,907+114%$5,110 – $9,532
New York NY34$6,746+82%$1,577 – $8,454
Wisconsin WI32$6,563+77%$5,084 – $7,845
Pennsylvania PA20$5,050+36%$607 – $11,093
Ohio OH16$3,7000%$1,631 – $7,861
Tennessee TN11$3,302−11%$1,035 – $9,072
Oregon OR13$3,231−13%$1,807 – $3,231
Minnesota MN15$2,968−20%$1,697 – $5,388
Iowa IA19$2,413−35%$2,413 – $2,916
Nebraska NE10$2,381−36%$756 – $3,312
Colorado CO10$2,150−42%$1,408 – $7,380
Oklahoma OK14$2,051−45%$2,051 – $14,804
Washington WA14$1,954−47%$1,720 – $15,554
Illinois IL14$1,784−52%$1,024 – $4,431
Michigan MI29$1,612−56%$1,534 – $9,978
Vermont VT11$1,503−59%$1,213 – $1,965
West Virginia WV12$1,075−71%$1,037 – $2,671
Indiana IN10$1,024−72%$1,024 – $2,324
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not 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 $3,700.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care387$5,084$1,631 – $11,620
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access115$2,150$1,207 – $5,695
Ownership
For-profit60$7,906$2,513 – $14,738
Government91$2,482$1,530 – $8,454
Non-profit360$3,700$1,534 – $9,082
System affiliation
Part of a system390$4,881$1,534 – $10,317
Independent121$2,482$1,530 – $7,171

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,772
Median cash price$3,700
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

244 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,671 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,973; most fall between $1,565 and $9,082.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 244 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
$1,024$1,733$2,671$7,933$14,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,024 vs $14,738).

Of the 272 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 244 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

511 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 575 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted511
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
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 — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code575

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 Scapular Fx W/Int Fixation When Pfrmd.

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 broken shoulder blade (CPT 23585) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23585-surgery-to-repair-a-broken-shoulder-blade