SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
St Mary Medical Center LANGHORNE, PA
PR Arthroscopy Shoulder Decompr Subacromial Space W/Part Acromioplasty
$370.00 $370.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
St. Francis Hospital Inc WILMINGTON, DE
PR Arthroscopy Shoulder Decompr Subacromial Space W/Part Acromioplasty
$370.00 $370.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
St Mary Medical Center LANGHORNE, PA
HC Arth Shld Srg Decompr Subacrml Sp W/Prt Acrmplsty W/Crccrml Sep Proc Lt(Rest Method II CAH)
one side $29,252.79 Mar 31, 2026
file
St. Francis Hospital Inc WILMINGTON, DE
HC Arth Shld Srg Decompr Subacrml Sp W/Prt Acrmplsty W/Crccrml Sep Proc Lt(Rest Method II CAH)
one side $42,801.08 Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $370.00, median $370.00, highest $370.00.

One side of the body : lowest $29,252.79, median $36,026.94, highest $42,801.08 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $637.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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