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Shoulder Arthroscopy to Repair a SLAP Tear

Idaho 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?

$6,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,585 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,467 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,399
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,995

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$10,232.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
10 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
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 18th of 51

$6,893

$1,995 physician + $4,898 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.