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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Hip arthroscopy to remove inflamed joint lining

CPT 29863the billing code this page is about

Keyhole surgery on the hip joint in which the irritated lining of the joint is cut away.

Hospitals typically charge $3,461 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 321 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,331. Most fall between $1,370 and $6,416 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
321
States
41
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 321 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
$1,064$1,515$3,461$5,334$8,770

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,064 vs $8,770).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $910: 10 hospitals$656$910 – $1,263: 17 hospitals$1,263 – $1,754: 55 hospitals$1,263$1,754 – $2,434: 32 hospitals$2,434 – $3,379: 30 hospitals$2,434$3,379 – $4,690: 60 hospitals$4,690 – $6,511: 37 hospitals$4,690$6,511 – $9,037: 35 hospitals$9,037 – $12,545: 7 hospitals$9,037$12,545 – $17,414: 8 hospitals$12,545median $3,461price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (291 of 321 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$91010
$910$1,26317
$1,263$1,75455
$1,754$2,43432
$2,434$3,37930
$3,379$4,69060
$4,690$6,51137
$6,511$9,03735
$9,037$12,5457
$12,545$17,4148

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,461
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.04×

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 $3,461.

Alaska: 2 hospitals 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $7,519 across 10 hospitalsID$7,519Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,829 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,829Wisconsin: median $4,018 across 11 hospitalsWI$4,018Michigan: median $1,357 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,357New York: median $3,840 across 26 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,515 across 11 hospitalsOR$1,515Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,005 across 14 hospitalsIA$2,005Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $1,212 across 20 hospitalsPA$1,212New Jersey: median $4,330 across 30 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 25 hospitalsCA$8,770Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,344 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,344Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $5,334 across 19 hospitalsTX$5,334Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,461. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA25$8,770+153%$8,770 – $8,770
Idaho ID10$7,519+117%$6,122 – $8,372
Texas TX19$5,334+54%$2,592 – $5,334
New Jersey NJ30$4,330+25%$3,594 – $5,419
Wisconsin WI11$4,018+16%$4,018 – $4,018
New York NY26$3,840+11%$1,959 – $3,884
Iowa IA14$2,005−42%$2,005 – $2,005
Illinois IL16$1,829−47%$627 – $4,401
Oregon OR11$1,515−56%$1,515 – $2,690
Michigan MI16$1,357−61%$1,019 – $4,499
Oklahoma OK14$1,344−61%$1,344 – $7,801
Pennsylvania PA20$1,212−65%$508 – $5,038
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $3,461.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care272$3,591$1,370 – $6,637
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access41$2,690$1,370 – $5,600
Ownership
For-profit42$5,334$1,358 – $11,617
Government43$1,992$1,472 – $3,840
Non-profit236$3,461$1,370 – $5,855
System affiliation
Part of a system249$3,786$1,370 – $6,877
Independent72$2,558$1,421 – $5,600

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,363
Median cash price$3,461
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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 $2,005 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,679; most fall between $1,344 and $6,051.

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
$902$1,357$2,005$5,334$8,770

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($902 vs $8,770).

Of the 178 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 164 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

321 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 348 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted321
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here18
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code348

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 Hip Scope/Remv Body,Synovectomy.

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, “Hip arthroscopy to remove inflamed joint lining (CPT 29863) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29863-hip-arthroscopy-to-remove-inflamed-joint-lining