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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Illinois 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?

$3,736

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,736 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$550 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,995 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,762Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $646

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
$549.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$3,736

$646 physician + $3,090 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.