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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Georgia 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?

$5,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$562 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,512 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $12,882Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,479
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $741

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,218.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$5,419

$741 physician + $4,677 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.