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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Connecticut 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?

$8,994

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,994 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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$676$537 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$5,495 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $16,596Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,630
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,318professional $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
$3,162.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,981.07
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$8,994

$676 physician + $8,318 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.