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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Montana 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?

$1,755

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,755 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$708$525 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$1,023 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,511Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,311
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,047professional $708

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
$97.72
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$1,755

$708 physician + $1,047 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.