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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Connecticut 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?

$8,304

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$759 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,890 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $16,982Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $891

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
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,413.10
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 1st of 51

$8,304

$891 physician + $7,413 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.