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Elbow Arthroscopy With Limited Cleanup

Georgia 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?

$2,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$741$617 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$955 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,586Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $741

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$2,647

$741 physician + $1,905 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.