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Hip Keyhole Surgery With Cartilage Or Rim Trimming

California 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?

$10,471

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,471 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,079 to $14,454.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $20,893Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,089
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,965professional $912

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
$3,715.35
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$26,302.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$50,118.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where California 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.

California· 6th of 50

$10,471

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.