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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Kentucky 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?

$3,595

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,595 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$575$490 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,122 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $724 to $15,488Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $457 to $933
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,073.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 24th of 51

$3,595

$575 physician + $3,020 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.