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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

North Carolina 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?

$5,979

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,979 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,318 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,479 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $1,905

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,570.40
14 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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$5,979

$1,905 physician + $4,074 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.