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Shoulder Arthroscopy, Subacromial Decompression

Tennessee 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 July 2026.

How much does Shoulder Arthroscopy, Subacromial Decompression cost?

$2,365

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$275$200 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$912 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,457Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$831.76

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 23.3 times more in Wyoming than in Maryland. 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

Tennessee· 36th of 51

$2,365

$275 physician + $2,089 facility

WY $9,895MD $425

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.