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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Arizona 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?

$3,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$575$513 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,380 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,918Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,074
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,512professional $575

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
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
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
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$3,087

$575 physician + $2,512 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.