Surgery and procedures CPT 29826 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Shoulder decompression add-on cost in Moscow, ID — inpatient

In Moscow, ID, 1 hospital lists a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery) as an inpatient: from $340.00 to $340.00, with a median of $340.00. Across Idaho, the median is $3,383.76 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 29826, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 19, 2026 and Aug 19, 2026.

Lowest$340.00Gritman Medical Center

Median$340.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$340.00in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Gritman Medical Center Moscow, ID · (208) 882-4511 SURGICAL ARTHROSCOPY SHO W/CORACOACRM LIGM RLS File of Aug 19, 2026 · source file	$340.00	$340.00	$33.59–$4,300.53	—

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $340.00, median $340.00, highest $340.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $340.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.