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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Arkansas 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?

$2,538

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,538 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$550 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,230 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,169Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$776.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 47th of 51

$2,538

$676 physician + $1,862 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.