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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

New Jersey 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?

$6,986

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,986 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$562 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,467 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $11,749Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$7,079.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$537.03
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,128.31
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 8th of 51

$6,986

$676 physician + $6,310 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.