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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

Louisiana 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?

$4,816

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,816 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,349$1,047 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,820 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,349

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
$1,047.13
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 45th of 51

$4,816

$1,349 physician + $3,467 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.