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Elbow Arthroscopy With Limited Cleanup

Florida rates for HCPCS 29837

A camera is placed in the elbow through a keyhole incision and damaged tissue is trimmed away from one confined area of the joint. Rough cartilage, a frayed edge or a small area of inflamed lining is tidied up. It is done for a painful or catching elbow where the problem is localized.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Elbow Arthroscopy With Limited Cleanup cost?

$2,825

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$427$355 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,514 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $12,882Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $72 to $676
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $427

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
$660.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
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
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 4.5 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

Florida· 37th of 51

$2,825

$427 physician + $2,399 facility

CT $7,632MT $1,703

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.