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Shoulder Arthroscopy to Repair a SLAP Tear

Nevada 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?

$5,337

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,337 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,072$933 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,692 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,698
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,072

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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
6 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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 33rd of 51

$5,337

$1,072 physician + $4,266 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.