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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

North Dakota 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?

$3,042

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,047$794 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$575 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,047

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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 34th of 51

$3,042

$1,047 physician + $1,995 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.