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Ankle Arthroscopy With Limited Clean-Out

Virginia rates for HCPCS 29897

A small camera and instruments are inserted into the ankle joint through tiny incisions, and inflamed lining, loose cartilage or scar tissue is trimmed away from part of the joint. This is the more limited clean-out; when abnormal tissue has to be cleared from a wider area of the joint, a more extensive version is performed instead. Most people go home the same day.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ankle Arthroscopy With Limited Clean-Out cost?

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $661 to $7,079.

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 $3,236 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,965Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $447 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $661

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
$562.34
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 50

$3,236

IN $10,000MD $490

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.