Shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery) in Michigan City-La Porte, IN
In Michigan City-La Porte, IN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery): from $228.69 to $21,981.52, with a median of $11,105.11.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 29826, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Porte Hospital Company LLC lowest La Porte, IN 29826 50 SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $228.69 | $693.00 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Porte Hospital Company LLC La Porte, IN SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $21,981.52 | $66,610.68 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $228.69, median $11,105.11, highest $21,981.52 — a 96.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $312.12. 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.
2 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.
| La Porte Hospital Company LLC La Porte, IN29826 SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $152.46 | file |
| La Porte Hospital Company LLC La Porte, IN29826 22 SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $190.74 | file |