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Shoulder Arthroscopy With Rotator Cuff Repair

Tennessee 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?

$5,711

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,711 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,445$1,148 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,692 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,445

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$5,711

$1,445 physician + $4,266 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.