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Keyhole Shoulder Clean-Up, Limited

Virginia 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?

$4,507

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,507 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$550 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,175 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $646 to $11,220Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $513 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $617

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
$645.65
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 14th of 51

$4,507

$617 physician + $3,890 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.