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Hip Keyhole Surgery With Cartilage Or Rim Trimming

North Carolina 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?

$3,020

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $8,128.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $1,288

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$50,118.72
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 50

$3,020

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.