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Surgery and procedures CPT 29826 Colorado Outpatient

Shoulder decompression add-on cost in Colorado

In Colorado, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery): from $422.45 to $21,166.23, with a median of $4,795.52. The lowest price is at Gunnison Valley Hospital (Gunnison). The highest price is 50.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $4,795.52, is 7% below the US median of $5,142.13.
  • Colorado ranks 16th of 35 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 2 of 8 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 29826. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$422.45Gunnison Valley Hospital
Median$4,795.52half of hospitals charge less
Highest$21,166.23in Colorado
Lowest saves$4,373.07vs the median

Hospitals in Colorado, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Gunnison Valley Hospital lowest Gunnison · Gunnison, CO Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope $422.45 $497.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Animas Surgical Hospital Durango · Durango, CO SHO ARTHRS SRG DECOMPRESSION $788.00 $788.00 Mar 16, 2026
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Community Hospital one side Grand Junction · Grand Junction, CO SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE $2,460.08 $4,393.00 Mar 13, 2026
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Middle Park Health - Fraser Fraser · Fraser, CO HC CC SHLDR ARTHROSCOP,PART ACROMIOPLAS $4,795.52 $5,994.40 Apr 28, 2026
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Middle Park Medical Center Kremmling · Kremmling, CO HC CC SHLDR ARTHROSCOP,PART ACROMIOPLAS $4,795.52 $5,994.40 Apr 27, 2026
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Middle Park Medical Center-Granby Granby · Granby, CO HC CC SHLDR ARTHROSCOP,PART ACROMIOPLAS $4,795.52 $5,994.40 Apr 27, 2026
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Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke · Holyoke, CO Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope $6,437.60 $8,047.00 Nov 7, 2026
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Lincoln Health Hugo · Hugo, CO Shoulder arthroscopy/surgery $21,166.23 $21,166.23 Jun 4, 2026
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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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Durango, CO 1 $788.00 $788.00
Fraser, CO 1 $4,795.52 $4,795.52
Granby, CO 1 $4,795.52 $4,795.52
Gunnison, CO 1 $422.45 $422.45
Grand Junction, CO 1 $2,460.08 $2,460.08
Holyoke, CO 1 $6,437.60 $6,437.60
Hugo, CO 1 $21,166.23 $21,166.23
Kremmling, CO 1 $4,795.52 $4,795.52
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What shoulder decompression add-on is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shoulder decompression add-on explained.

Shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.