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Shoulder Arthroscopy to Repair a SLAP Tear

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29807

Through small cuts around the shoulder, a camera and fine instruments are used to reattach a torn upper rim of the shoulder socket where the biceps tendon anchors, an injury known as a SLAP tear. Small anchors carrying stitches hold the cartilage rim back onto the bone while it heals. A sling and a staged rehabilitation program follow.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shoulder Arthroscopy to Repair a SLAP Tear cost?

$12,975

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,975 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$4,266$2,399 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$6,761 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $19,055Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $6,026
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $4,266

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,549.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,232.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Vermont than in Hawaii. 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$12,975

$4,266 physician + $8,710 facility

VT $19,228HI $3,097

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.