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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Iowa 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?

$4,897

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,897 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$631$372 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,862 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $9,333Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,399
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $631

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
$933.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 27th of 51

$4,897

$631 physician + $4,266 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.