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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,560 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$525 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$871 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,511Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,660
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $676

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
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,621.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$3,560

$676 physician + $2,884 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.