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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Tennessee 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?

$3,322

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$692$575 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,585 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,888Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $692

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
$1,230.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$3,322

$692 physician + $2,630 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.