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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

Georgia 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 October 2026.

How much does Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair cost?

$5,194

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,194 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,230 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,445 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $1,479

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
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$18,197.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Colorado 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$5,194

$1,479 physician + $3,715 facility

CO $14,362MT $3,396

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.