CPT 23500 at Cascade Medical Center

Musculoskeletal

Cascade Medical Center, Leavenworth

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Cascade Medical Center publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Cascade Medical Center’s prices for CPT 23500, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$296 – $4692 plans	$296 – $446
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$418 – $6257 plans	$283 – $595
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$416 – $6254 plans	$396 – $595
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates	$4001 plan	$380
Medicare (traditional)Insurer rates	$4321 plan	$283
Other government programInsurer rates	$243 – $6672 plans	$243 – $635
UnknownInsurer rates	$296 – $6736 plans	$296 – $641
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$598	$570
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$748	$712

Lowest and highest amounts Cascade Medical Center lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 23500 at Cascade Medical Center
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The operating or procedure room, nursing, supplies and recovery	—	The price above
Surgeon or doctor doing itThe doctor's practice	The procedure, and routine follow-up visits for 90 days	$251	$296 – $449
AnesthesiaAn anesthesia group (only sometimes)	Anesthesia or deep sedation, if you need itOnly if an anesthesia team is part of your care. Its amount depends on how long it takes.	—	—

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 23500 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.