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Hip Keyhole Surgery With Cartilage Or Rim Trimming

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29862

Uses a pencil-thin camera and fine instruments passed through small punctures around the hip to smooth damaged joint cartilage, resurface a worn area, or trim the torn rim of cartilage that circles the socket. It is done for catching, clicking, and groin pain from a torn or damaged hip joint surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hip Keyhole Surgery With Cartilage Or Rim Trimming cost?

$5,248

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,905 to $8,710.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Alabama· 25th of 50

$5,248

IN $22,387ND $813

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.