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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Michigan 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?

$4,798

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$724$589 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,778 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,471Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $724

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
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
13 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
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 9th of 51

$4,798

$724 physician + $4,074 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.