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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Maryland 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?

$2,341

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,341 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$562$550 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,349 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,715Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $513 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $562

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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 48th of 51

$2,341

$562 physician + $1,778 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.