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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Alaska 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?

$3,150

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$575 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$851 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,413

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Alaska sits

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

Alaska· 44th of 51

$3,150

$1,413 physician + $1,738 facility

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.