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Elbow Arthroscopy To Remove Loose Fragment

Montana rates for HCPCS 29834

A camera is placed into the elbow joint through a keyhole incision and a loose fragment of bone or cartilage floating in the joint is located and taken out. Instruments pass through one or two extra small openings. It is done for an elbow that catches, locks or cannot fully straighten because something is loose inside.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Elbow Arthroscopy To Remove Loose Fragment cost?

$1,607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$794$550 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$794 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,884Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $380 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $794

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,607

$794 physician + $813 facility

CT $7,574MT $1,607

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.