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Elbow Arthroscopy With Limited Cleanup

Massachusetts 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?

$2,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$661 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$708 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,623Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $851

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,479.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
7 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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 45th of 51

$2,436

$851 physician + $1,585 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.