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Elbow Arthroscopy With Limited Cleanup

Oklahoma 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?

$7,238

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,238 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$631$537 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,042 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,882Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $631

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
$1,148.15
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$7,238

$631 physician + $6,607 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.