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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Colorado 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?

$5,865

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,865 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$617$525 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,738 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $776 to $19,055Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
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
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 18th of 51

$5,865

$617 physician + $5,248 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.