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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Massachusetts 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?

$3,560

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,560 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$575 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,778 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,511Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,820
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,882.50
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,677.35
Tufts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 40th of 51

$3,560

$741 physician + $2,818 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.