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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Kansas 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?

$4,813

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,813 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$676 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,862 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,310Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,074
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $832

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
$1,148.15
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
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
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 8th of 51

$4,813

$832 physician + $3,981 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.