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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 29823

A scope procedure that clears damaged tissue from three or more structures inside the shoulder. Instruments are passed through small openings to trim or remove that tissue. Removing a loose object found inside the joint is included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope cost?

$5,574

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 76 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$537 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,995 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $832 to $13,490Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,291
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $676

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.7 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CA $10,181MD $955

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.