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Hip Keyhole Surgery With Cartilage Or Rim Trimming

South 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?

$13,804

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,804 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $20,417.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,804 · 10th to 90th $955 to $24,547
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $13,804

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
$2,187.76
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 50

$13,804

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.