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Hip Keyhole Surgery With Cartilage Or Rim Trimming

Pennsylvania 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?

$5,754

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,631 to $8,511.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $977 to $10,233
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754

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
$851.14
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,000.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$21,877.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 20th of 50

$5,754

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.