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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Shoulder scope surgery to tighten the joint capsule

CPT 29806the billing code this page is about

Repair and tightening of the shoulder's capsule for instability, done through small incisions with a camera.

Hospitals typically charge $4,777 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 881 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,510. Most fall between $1,907 and $12,158 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
881
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 881 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,324$2,218$4,777$10,977$20,288

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,324 vs $20,288).

How the prices are spread

$920 – $1,296: 41 hospitals$920$1,296 – $1,826: 65 hospitals$1,826 – $2,571: 115 hospitals$1,826$2,571 – $3,621: 113 hospitals$3,621 – $5,100: 76 hospitals$3,621$5,100 – $7,183: 100 hospitals$7,183 – $10,116: 94 hospitals$7,183$10,116 – $14,248: 95 hospitals$14,248 – $20,066: 48 hospitals$14,248$20,066 – $28,261: 46 hospitals$20,066median $4,777price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (793 of 881 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$920$1,29641
$1,296$1,82665
$1,826$2,571115
$2,571$3,621113
$3,621$5,10076
$5,100$7,183100
$7,183$10,11694
$10,116$14,24895
$14,248$20,06648
$20,066$28,26146

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,777
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.64×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,777.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,545 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,545New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,342 across 23 hospitalsWA$3,342Idaho: median $9,237 across 17 hospitalsID$9,237Montana: median $2,739 across 12 hospitalsMT$2,739North Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,161 across 34 hospitalsMN$4,161Illinois: median $2,272 across 27 hospitalsIL$2,272Wisconsin: median $5,543 across 40 hospitalsWI$5,543Michigan: median $2,183 across 43 hospitalsMI$2,183New York: median $8,454 across 59 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,928 across 23 hospitalsOR$2,928Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,604 across 34 hospitalsIA$2,604Indiana: median $3,940 across 21 hospitalsIN$3,940Ohio: median $19,138 across 37 hospitalsOH$19,138Pennsylvania: median $5,050 across 27 hospitalsPA$5,050New Jersey: median $7,807 across 34 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,709 across 60 hospitalsCA$4,709Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,372 across 14 hospitalsCO$2,372Nebraska: median $2,796 across 22 hospitalsNE$2,796Missouri: median $7,232 across 25 hospitalsMO$7,232Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $6,318 across 21 hospitalsWV$6,318Virginia: median $7,905 across 16 hospitalsVA$7,905Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,090 across 12 hospitalsAZ$7,090New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $3,237 across 21 hospitalsKS$3,237Arkansas: median $2,654 across 10 hospitalsAR$2,654Tennessee: median $4,643 across 14 hospitalsTN$4,643North Carolina: median $5,827 across 12 hospitalsNC$5,827South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,218 across 15 hospitalsOK$2,218Louisiana: median $10,540 across 16 hospitalsLA$10,540Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,639 across 15 hospitalsAL$6,639Georgia: median $11,309 across 13 hospitalsGA$11,309Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,887 across 42 hospitalsTX$5,887Florida: median $19,794 across 12 hospitalsFL$19,794
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,777. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$19,794+314%$3,936 – $21,023
Ohio OH37$19,138+301%$2,613 – $30,193
Georgia GA13$11,309+137%$11,309 – $20,288
Louisiana LA16$10,540+121%$6,987 – $16,175
Idaho ID17$9,237+93%$2,129 – $12,106
New York NY59$8,454+77%$1,776 – $13,784
Virginia VA16$7,905+65%$4,118 – $23,643
New Jersey NJ34$7,807+63%$4,881 – $9,388
Missouri MO25$7,232+51%$1,680 – $10,384
Arizona AZ12$7,090+48%$1,641 – $20,372
Alabama AL15$6,639+39%$2,991 – $18,686
West Virginia WV21$6,318+32%$1,165 – $9,556
Texas TX42$5,887+23%$3,433 – $13,668
North Carolina NC12$5,827+22%$1,961 – $15,880
Wisconsin WI40$5,543+16%$4,328 – $7,106
Pennsylvania PA27$5,050+6%$687 – $12,077
California CA60$4,709−1%$3,052 – $11,071
Tennessee TN14$4,643−3%$1,393 – $10,977
Minnesota MN34$4,161−13%$2,112 – $5,465
Indiana IN21$3,940−18%$1,149 – $24,919
Washington WA23$3,342−30%$1,958 – $10,866
Kansas KS21$3,237−32%$958 – $7,800
Oregon OR23$2,928−39%$1,958 – $3,498
Nebraska NE22$2,796−41%$1,631 – $6,115
Montana MT12$2,739−43%$1,600 – $4,946
Arkansas AR10$2,654−44%$1,779 – $3,611
Iowa IA34$2,604−45%$1,846 – $3,041
Colorado CO14$2,372−50%$1,766 – $15,808
Illinois IL27$2,272−52%$998 – $5,502
Oklahoma OK15$2,218−54%$2,218 – $13,715
Michigan MI43$2,183−54%$1,830 – $9,978
Vermont VT10$1,545−68%$539 – $3,020
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,777.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care613$6,155$2,203 – $14,112
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access250$2,974$1,749 – $5,694
Ownership
For-profit113$9,991$3,599 – $20,936
Government167$2,991$1,766 – $9,004
Non-profit601$4,658$1,880 – $11,071
System affiliation
Part of a system647$5,351$1,938 – $13,403
Independent234$3,624$1,884 – $9,556

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,210
Median cash price$4,777
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

385 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,991 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,497; most fall between $1,510 and $8,170.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 385 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$954$1,783$2,991$5,887$11,309

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($954 vs $11,309).

Of the 434 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 385 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

881 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 976 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted881
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code976

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Surgical Arthroscopy Shoulder Capsulorrhaphy.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Shoulder scope surgery to tighten the joint capsule (CPT 29806) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29806-shoulder-scope-surgery-to-tighten-the-joint-capsule