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Shoulder Arthroscopy, Subacromial Decompression

Montana rates for HCPCS 29826

Through small incisions with a camera and fine instruments, the surgeon enlarges the space above the rotator cuff by shaving bone from the underside of the overhanging tip of the shoulder blade and clearing inflamed tissue, releasing the ligament that bridges that space when needed. This gives the rotator cuff tendons room to move without catching. It is additional work carried out within another shoulder operation and is billed in addition to that main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shoulder Arthroscopy, Subacromial Decompression cost?

$526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 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$269$234 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$251 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $200 to $355Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $162 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $257professional $269

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
$97.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in Connecticut than in Montana. 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$526

$269 physician + $257 facility

CT $6,759MT $526

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.