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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Minnesota 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?

$5,457

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$759 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,820 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $1,288

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
$588.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 20th of 51

$5,457

$1,288 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.