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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Alabama 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?

$3,853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$525 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,230 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,457Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $617

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
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 35th of 51

$3,853

$617 physician + $3,236 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.