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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

Iowa 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?

$6,642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$1,514$1,023 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,090 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $1,514

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 33rd of 51

$6,642

$1,514 physician + $5,129 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.