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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Elbow arthroscopy with partial removal of joint lining

CPT 29835the billing code this page is about

Keyhole elbow surgery in which part of the inflamed lining of the joint is removed.

Hospitals typically charge $2,537 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 309 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,909. Most fall between $960 and $5,670 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
309
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 309 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$787$1,191$2,537$4,720$8,770

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($787 vs $8,770).

How the prices are spread

$614 – $801: 17 hospitals$614$801 – $1,045: 38 hospitals$1,045 – $1,363: 30 hospitals$1,045$1,363 – $1,778: 33 hospitals$1,778 – $2,320: 14 hospitals$1,778$2,320 – $3,027: 19 hospitals$3,027 – $3,949: 42 hospitals$3,027$3,949 – $5,152: 29 hospitals$5,152 – $6,722: 33 hospitals$5,152$6,722 – $8,770: 27 hospitals$6,722median $2,537price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (282 of 309 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$614$80117
$801$1,04538
$1,045$1,36330
$1,363$1,77833
$1,778$2,32014
$2,320$3,02719
$3,027$3,94942
$3,949$5,15229
$5,152$6,72233
$6,722$8,77027

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,537
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.76×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,537.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,766 across 10 hospitalsID$3,766Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,199 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,199Wisconsin: median $2,537 across 10 hospitalsWI$2,537Michigan: median $1,622 across 12 hospitalsMI$1,622New York: median $3,840 across 27 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $956 across 11 hospitalsOR$956Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,250 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,250Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,721 across 11 hospitalsOH$1,721Pennsylvania: median $4,720 across 11 hospitalsPA$4,720New Jersey: median $4,330 across 29 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,770 across 29 hospitalsCA$8,770Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $844 across 15 hospitalsOK$844Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,670 across 21 hospitalsTX$5,670Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,537. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA29$8,770+246%$3,807 – $8,770
Texas TX21$5,670+124%$2,653 – $5,670
Pennsylvania PA11$4,720+86%$3,139 – $6,114
New Jersey NJ29$4,330+71%$3,594 – $5,419
New York NY27$3,840+51%$1,526 – $3,884
Idaho ID10$3,766+48%$941 – $8,372
Wisconsin WI10$2,5370%$2,537 – $2,537
Ohio OH11$1,721−32%$1,249 – $1,721
Michigan MI12$1,622−36%$986 – $4,499
Iowa IA17$1,250−51%$1,250 – $1,250
Illinois IL14$1,199−53%$390 – $3,616
Oregon OR11$956−62%$956 – $1,698
Oklahoma OK15$844−67%$844 – $5,146
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,537.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care248$3,500$999 – $5,670
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access51$1,698$889 – $3,594
Ownership
For-profit38$3,500$847 – $6,261
Government45$1,533$932 – $3,840
Non-profit226$2,537$986 – $5,670
System affiliation
Part of a system246$2,775$1,029 – $5,670
Independent63$1,641$900 – $4,015

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,208
Median cash price$2,537
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

164 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,685 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,434; most fall between $844 and $5,670.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 164 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$661$880$1,685$5,670$8,770

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($661 vs $8,770).

Of the 189 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 164 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

309 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 354 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted309
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code354

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Elbow Arthroscop,Part Synovect.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Elbow arthroscopy with partial removal of joint lining (CPT 29835) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29835-elbow-arthroscopy-with-partial-removal-of-joint-lining