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Hip Arthroscopy to Reshape the Ball of the Hip

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 29914

Keyhole surgery of the hip in which extra bone at the top of the thigh bone, where the ball meets the neck, is shaved back to a normal rounded contour. That bump catches against the rim of the socket as the hip bends and turns, causing groin pain and damage to the cartilage. A camera and instruments are passed through small punctures while the joint is gently held open.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hip Arthroscopy to Reshape the Ball of the Hip cost?

$5,714

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,714 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,072 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,570 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,349

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Tennessee· 28th of 51

$5,714

$1,349 physician + $4,365 facility

CO $14,902MT $3,170

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.