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Elbow Arthroscopy With Limited Cleanup

Kansas 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?

$4,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$617 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,905 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,761Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $776

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
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
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 11th of 51

$4,667

$776 physician + $3,890 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.