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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29827

This is a minimally invasive surgery performed through small incisions in the shoulder using a camera and specialized instruments, used to repair a torn rotator cuff tendon. The surgeon reattaches the torn tendon to the bone, typically using anchors, without making a large open incision. It's a common treatment for rotator cuff tears that haven't healed with rest, therapy, or medication.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair cost?

$4,433

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,433 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$1,122$933 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,479 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,950
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,311professional $1,122

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
$741.31
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlabama $4,433 · 47th of 51
WI $15,973MS $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.