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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

Delaware 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?

$6,826

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$1,023 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,239 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,072

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
$1,071.52
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$37,153.52
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Mississippi. 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

Delaware· 31st of 51

$6,826

$1,072 physician + $5,754 facility

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.