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Extensive Shoulder Cleanout With A Scope

Virginia 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?

$3,312

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,312 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$741$617 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$977 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $676 to $12,023Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,778
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $741

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
$870.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$3,312

$741 physician + $2,570 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.