Shoulder decompression add-on cost in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy: shaving of the shoulder bone (add-on to another shoulder surgery): from $169.00 to $28,760.38, with a median of $1,977.42. The lowest price is at Boone Memorial Hospital (Madison). The highest price is 170.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,977.42, is 62% below the US median of $5,142.13.
- West Virginia ranks 7th of 35 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 15 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 Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$169.00Boone Memorial Hospital
Median$1,977.42half of hospitals charge less
Highest$28,760.38in West Virginia
Lowest saves$1,808.42vs the median
Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Memorial Hospital lowest Madison · Charleston, WV SURGICAL ARTHROSCOPY SHO W/CORACOACRM LI | $169.00 | $338.00 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital White Hall · Fairmont, WV 29826- Arthroscop/shoulder/decomp/subacro | $183.60 | $367.19 | Apr 21, 2026 source file |
| Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery · Beckley, WV Shave Shld Bone/Rpr Lig/Endosc | $309.00 | $412.00 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center one side Summersville · Summersville, WV SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $1,139.42 | $2,278.83 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Jackson General Hospital one side Ripley · Ripley, WV SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $1,454.94 | $2,909.87 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Grant Memorial Hospital one side Petersburg · Petersburg, WV SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $1,700.40 | $2,125.50 | Jul 12, 2026 source file |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale · Wheeling, WV-OH SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $1,701.58 | $3,403.16 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Thomas Memorial Hospital one side South Charleston · Charleston, WV SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $1,977.42 | $3,954.83 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Princeton Community Hospital Assn one side Princeton · Bluefield, WV-VA SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $2,209.00 | $4,418.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Berkeley Medical Center one side Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $2,268.75 | $4,537.50 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital one side Parkersburg · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $2,773.33 | $5,546.66 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Wheeling Hospital one side Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $3,248.75 | $6,497.50 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| West Virginia University Hospitals one side Morgantown · Morgantown, WV SHAVING OF PART OF SHOULDER BONE AND REPAIR OF LIGAMENT USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $4,003.75 | $8,007.50 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY RELEASE ARCH | $12,533.01 | $12,533.01 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Roane General Hospital one side Spencer · Spencer, WV Shoulder arthroscopy/surgery | $28,760.38 | $47,933.97 | Nov 2, 2026 source file |
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 area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston, WV | 2 | $169.00 | $1,073.21 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 2 | $1,701.58 | $2,475.16 |
| Beckley, WV | 1 | $309.00 | $309.00 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 1 | $2,209.00 | $2,209.00 |
| Fairmont, WV | 1 | $183.60 | $183.60 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 1 | $2,268.75 | $2,268.75 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1 | $12,533.01 | $12,533.01 |
| Morgantown, WV | 1 | $4,003.75 | $4,003.75 |
| Petersburg, WV | 1 | $1,700.40 | $1,700.40 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $2,773.33 | $2,773.33 |
| Ripley, WV | 1 | $1,454.94 | $1,454.94 |
| Spencer, WV | 1 | $28,760.38 | $28,760.38 |
| Summersville, WV | 1 | $1,139.42 | $1,139.42 |
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
- Alabama$6,471.00
- Alaska$5,486.52, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$14,347.16
- Arkansas$1,933.32
- California$5,241.60
- Colorado$4,795.52
- Connecticut$975.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$2,453.10, 1 hospital
- Florida$10,851.00
- Georgia$8,718.00
- Hawaii$5,250.00
- Idaho$2,859.00
- Illinois$7,551.00
- Indiana$15,406.87
- Iowa$540.00
- Kansas$4,617.20
- Kentucky$3,491.78
- Louisiana$3,376.62
- Maine$583.50, 3 hospitals
- Maryland$4,134.57, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$19,178.13
- Michigan$284.80
- Minnesota$1,538.31
- Mississippi$1,711.35
- Missouri$13,632.30
- Montana$1,527.50, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$4,902.63
- Nevada$4,370.85, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$2,349.00, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$5,855.00
- New Mexico$14,148.97
- New York$4,271.50
- North Carolina$5,070.43, 4 hospitals
- North Dakota$5,501.59, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$22,637.36
- Oklahoma$9,778.46
- Oregon$2,340.88
- Pennsylvania$1,473.67
- Puerto Rico$2,950.00, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$2,371.80, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$27,121.48
- South Dakota$2,196.50, 3 hospitals
- Tennessee$5,067.38
- Texas$5,243.73
- Utah$3,018.05, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$7,138.42, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$23,684.35
- Washington$2,844.59
- Wisconsin$2,186.35
- Wyoming$1,656.56, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.