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Elbow Arthroscopy With Limited Cleanup

Rhode Island 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?

$3,322

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$631 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,413 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,244Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $692

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
3 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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$3,322

$692 physician + $2,630 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.