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Surgery and procedures CPT 29826 Massachusetts Outpatient

Shoulder decompression add-on cost in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery): from $250.00 to $33,066.81, with a median of $19,178.13. The lowest price is at Holyoke Medical Center (Holyoke). The highest price is 132.3× the lowest.

  • The median here, $19,178.13, is 273% above the US median of $5,142.13.
  • Massachusetts ranks 32nd of 35 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 4 of 5 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

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 Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$250.00Holyoke Medical Center
Median$19,178.13half of hospitals charge less
Highest$33,066.81in Massachusetts
Lowest saves$18,928.13vs the median

Hospitals in Massachusetts, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Holyoke Medical Center lowest Holyoke · Springfield, MA Shoulder Arthroscopy/Surgery $250.00 $250.00 May 1, 2026
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Emerson Hospital Concord · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH SURGICAL ARTHROSCOPY SHO W/CORACOACRM LIGM RLS $2,281.10 $3,041.46 May 18, 2026
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UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital one side Southbridge · Worcester, MA Shldr Arthroscop,Part Acromioplas|RIGHT SIDE $19,178.13 $19,178.13 Apr 3, 2026
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UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester · Worcester, MA Shldr Arthroscop,Part Acromioplas $31,822.72 $31,822.72 Mar 26, 2026
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HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital one side Leominster · Worcester, MA Shldr Arthroscop,Part Acromioplas|LEFT SIDE $33,066.81 $33,066.81 Mar 26, 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
Worcester, MA 3 $19,178.13 $31,822.72
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 1 $2,281.10 $2,281.10
Springfield, MA 1 $250.00 $250.00
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.