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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Louisiana 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?

$3,796

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,796 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$776$603 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,318 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,586Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $776

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
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$3,796

$776 physician + $3,020 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.