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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Surgery to repair a broken upper arm bone at the shoulder

CPT 23615the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to realign a fracture of the top of the upper arm bone near the shoulder, with or without plates, screws, or pins, and including repair of the bony bump if needed.

Hospitals typically charge $5,741 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 889 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,599. Most fall between $1,574 and $18,806 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
889
States
50
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 889 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
$1,073$1,854$5,741$15,487$27,396

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,073 vs $27,396).

How the prices are spread

$821 – $1,195: 55 hospitals$821$1,195 – $1,738: 102 hospitals$1,738 – $2,530: 104 hospitals$1,738$2,530 – $3,682: 64 hospitals$3,682 – $5,358: 70 hospitals$3,682$5,358 – $7,797: 45 hospitals$7,797 – $11,348: 61 hospitals$7,797$11,348 – $16,514: 140 hospitals$16,514 – $24,033: 72 hospitals$16,514$24,033 – $34,975: 88 hospitals$24,033median $5,741price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (801 of 889 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$821$1,19555
$1,195$1,738102
$1,738$2,530104
$2,530$3,68264
$3,682$5,35870
$5,358$7,79745
$7,797$11,34861
$11,348$16,514140
$16,514$24,03372
$24,033$34,97588

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$13,117
Median cash price$5,741
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.44×

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 $5,741.

Alaska: median $8,942 across 11 hospitalsAK$8,942Maine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,231 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,231New Hampshire: median $1,301 across 10 hospitalsNH$1,301Washington: median $5,981 across 27 hospitalsWA$5,981Idaho: median $13,656 across 17 hospitalsID$13,656Montana: median $2,704 across 14 hospitalsMT$2,704North Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,523 across 34 hospitalsMN$3,523Illinois: median $1,680 across 22 hospitalsIL$1,680Wisconsin: median $4,630 across 36 hospitalsWI$4,630Michigan: median $1,722 across 40 hospitalsMI$1,722New York: median $13,784 across 65 hospitalsNY$13,784Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,642 across 31 hospitalsOR$1,642Nevada: 7 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 $2,174 across 30 hospitalsIA$2,174Indiana: median $2,651 across 22 hospitalsIN$2,651Ohio: median $15,473 across 31 hospitalsOH$15,473Pennsylvania: median $6,347 across 25 hospitalsPA$6,347New Jersey: median $14,062 across 34 hospitalsNJ$14,062Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $13,328 across 76 hospitalsCA$13,328Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,953 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,953Nebraska: median $2,284 across 16 hospitalsNE$2,284Missouri: median $8,444 across 20 hospitalsMO$8,444Kentucky: median $1,017 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,017West Virginia: median $6,757 across 20 hospitalsWV$6,757Virginia: median $14,324 across 15 hospitalsVA$14,324Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $14,944 across 13 hospitalsAZ$14,944New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,714 across 16 hospitalsKS$1,714Arkansas: median $3,334 across 10 hospitalsAR$3,334Tennessee: median $5,216 across 16 hospitalsTN$5,216North Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $19,406 across 19 hospitalsSC$19,406Oklahoma: median $1,854 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,854Louisiana: median $15,166 across 12 hospitalsLA$15,166Mississippi: median $9,840 across 11 hospitalsMS$9,840Alabama: median $11,458 across 13 hospitalsAL$11,458Georgia: median $9,929 across 13 hospitalsGA$9,929Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $12,148 across 43 hospitalsTX$12,148Florida: median $15,801 across 12 hospitalsFL$15,801
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,741. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC19$19,406+238%$13,318 – $19,406
Florida FL12$15,801+175%$3,198 – $22,302
Ohio OH31$15,473+170%$1,832 – $34,526
Louisiana LA12$15,166+164%$6,145 – $22,351
Arizona AZ13$14,944+160%$1,382 – $27,698
Virginia VA15$14,324+150%$592 – $32,739
New Jersey NJ34$14,062+145%$5,110 – $17,397
New York NY65$13,784+140%$2,480 – $15,226
Idaho ID17$13,656+138%$1,780 – $15,889
California CA76$13,328+132%$2,563 – $24,198
Texas TX43$12,148+112%$9,452 – $23,305
Alabama AL13$11,458+100%$2,493 – $30,511
Georgia GA13$9,929+73%$9,791 – $36,769
Mississippi MS11$9,840+71%$2,835 – $18,031
Alaska AK11$8,942+56%$5,721 – $29,260
Missouri MO20$8,444+47%$1,284 – $25,851
West Virginia WV20$6,757+18%$937 – $12,827
Pennsylvania PA25$6,347+11%$576 – $19,980
Washington WA27$5,981+4%$1,774 – $27,260
Tennessee TN16$5,216−9%$938 – $10,772
Wisconsin WI36$4,630−19%$4,371 – $7,616
Minnesota MN34$3,523−39%$1,841 – $5,231
Arkansas AR10$3,334−42%$1,655 – $7,835
Montana MT14$2,704−53%$538 – $9,060
Indiana IN22$2,651−54%$1,017 – $21,877
Nebraska NE16$2,284−60%$1,316 – $3,825
Iowa IA30$2,174−62%$1,625 – $2,286
Colorado CO10$1,953−66%$1,243 – $10,355
Oklahoma OK15$1,854−68%$1,854 – $12,735
Michigan MI40$1,722−70%$1,359 – $17,654
Kansas KS16$1,714−70%$1,263 – $10,761
Illinois IL22$1,680−71%$1,017 – $4,200
Oregon OR31$1,642−71%$1,363 – $29,451
New Hampshire NH10$1,301−77%$775 – $2,079
Vermont VT10$1,231−79%$451 – $2,254
Kentucky KY10$1,017−82%$897 – $18,298
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $5,741.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care650$10,806$1,854 – $21,877
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access225$2,163$1,278 – $4,630
Ownership
For-profit103$13,042$2,653 – $26,623
Government145$2,552$1,504 – $13,950
Non-profit640$5,767$1,527 – $18,828
System affiliation
Part of a system685$7,795$1,642 – $19,406
Independent204$2,710$1,464 – $12,833

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,461
Median cash price$5,741
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

435 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,523 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,853; most fall between $1,339 and $18,799.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 435 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
$993$1,577$3,523$13,328$24,198

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($993 vs $24,198).

Of the 489 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 435 gave a usable cash price; 24 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

889 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 987 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted889
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here59
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code987

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 Optx Prox Humeral Fx W/Int Fixj Rpr Tuberosity.

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 upper arm bone at the shoulder (CPT 23615) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-23615-surgery-to-repair-a-broken-upper-arm-bone-at-the-shoulder