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Shoulder Arthroscopy to Repair a SLAP Tear

Alabama 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?

$9,359

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,359 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,000 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$3,548 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,128professional $1,230

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
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
7 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 8th of 51

$9,359

$1,230 physician + $8,128 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.