Rotator cuff repair cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair of the shoulder: from $970.56 to $1,213.20, with a median of $1,091.88. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Regional Medical Center — $121.32 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,855.55 at 22 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 29827, 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 | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 29827 ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $970.56 | $4,044.00 | $964.87–$3,639.60 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 29827,RT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $970.56 | $4,044.00 | $964.87–$3,639.60 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 29827,LT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $970.56 | $4,044.00 | $964.87–$3,639.60 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 29827 ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,091.88 | $4,044.00 | $6,798.89–$31,549.55 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN 29827,LT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,091.88 | $4,044.00 | $6,798.89–$31,549.55 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN 29827,RT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,091.88 | $4,044.00 | $6,798.89–$31,549.55 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN 29827 ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,091.88 | $4,044.00 | $6,798.89–$31,549.55 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 29827,LT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,091.88 | $4,044.00 | $6,798.89–$31,549.55 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 29827,RT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,091.88 | $4,044.00 | $6,798.89–$31,549.55 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 29827,RT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,213.20 | $4,044.00 | $897.17–$3,639.60 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 29827 ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,213.20 | $4,044.00 | $897.17–$3,639.60 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 29827,LT ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $1,213.20 | $4,044.00 | $897.17–$3,639.60 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN SHO ARTHRS SRG RT8TR CUF RPR | $19,187.10 | $71,063.34 | $995.51–$71,063.34 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 SHO ARTHRS SRG RT8TR CUF RPR | $25,876.55 | $95,839.07 | $964.87–$86,255.16 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $970.56, median $1,091.88, highest $1,213.20 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $848.79. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. 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
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair reattaches torn shoulder tendons to the bone using a small camera, instruments and anchors through small cuts. It is done for tears that cause pain or weakness and do not improve with other treatment.
What the price covers
The facility price usually covers the operating room, recovery and often the anchors. The surgeon, anesthesia (often with a nerve block) and physical therapy are billed separately, and other work in the same surgery, such as bone shaving (29826), adds codes.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 29827 ($4,669.64). 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 Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN29827,AS ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $242.64 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN29827,AS ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $272.97 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN29827,AS ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $272.97 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN29827,AS ARTHROSCOP ROTATOR CUFF REPR | $303.30 | file |