Shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery) in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery): from $197.40 to $18,546.59, with a median of $197.40. The lowest listed price is at IOM Health System LP.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 29826, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOM Health System LP lowest Fort Wayne, IN 29826 SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $197.40 | $658.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 29826,RT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $197.40 | $658.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 29826,LT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $197.40 | $658.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $18,508.49 | $68,549.98 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $18,546.59 | $68,691.07 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $197.40, median $197.40, highest $18,546.59 — a 94.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $296.10. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
During shoulder arthroscopy, the surgeon uses small cuts and a camera to shave bone from the underside of the acromion and may release a ligament, making more room for the rotator cuff tendons. This is called subacromial decompression. It is done for impingement or together with rotator cuff repair.
What the price covers
29826 is an add-on code that is always billed together with a main shoulder arthroscopy code, such as rotator cuff repair, so its price covers only the extra step. The surgeon's fee, anesthesia and the main procedure are billed separately.
13 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 29826 ($1,973.27). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN29826,AS SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $39.60 | file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN29826,AS SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $49.50 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826,AS SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $61.02 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826,AS SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $61.02 | file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN29826,RT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $157.92 | file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN29826,LT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $157.92 | file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN29826 SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $157.92 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826,LT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $177.66 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826 SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $177.66 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826,RT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $177.66 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826,LT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $177.66 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826 SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $177.66 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN29826,RT SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $177.66 | file |