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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Delaware 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?

$6,614

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$575 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$589 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $575 to $12,882Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $589

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
$575.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 11th of 51

$6,614

$589 physician + $6,026 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.