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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

Maryland 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?

$4,787

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,787 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$1,047 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,188 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,698
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $1,072

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$4,787

$1,072 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.