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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

South 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?

$8,044

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$631$525 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$2,754 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $813 to $20,417Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,202
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $631

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
$812.83
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where South 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

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$8,044

$631 physician + $7,413 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.