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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Kentucky 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?

$4,771

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,771 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$603$513 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,455 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $871 to $21,380Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,096
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $603

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
$630.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$21,379.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$954.99
Typical High
$4,365.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 28th of 51

$4,771

$603 physician + $4,169 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.