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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 29822

Keyhole surgery of the shoulder in which frayed or inflamed tissue is trimmed away from a small area inside the joint, such as a ragged edge of cartilage or thickened joint lining. A camera and fine instruments work through small punctures and the debris is washed out. This is the limited version, dealing with a small amount of tissue rather than a widespread clean-up.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited cost?

$2,454

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,454 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$575 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,413 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $955 to $4,169Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $447 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $676

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Connecticut than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 45th of 51

$2,454

$676 physician + $1,778 facility

CT $8,304MT $1,762

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.