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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Texas 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?

$3,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$550 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,549 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,550Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $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
$794.33
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
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
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$512.86
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31

Where Texas 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

Texas· 34th of 51

$3,942

$631 physician + $3,311 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.