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Shoulder arthroscopy with decompression in Dallas, TX costs $2,046 to $42,404. Here's every hospital's price.

12 hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area publish a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy with decompression (CPT 29826). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, 12 hospitals list a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy with decompression (CPT 29826). The lowest is $2,046 at Parkland Health & Hospital System, the median is $3,803 and the highest is $42,404 at Crescent Medical Center Lancaster. The most expensive hospital lists 21 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Dallas, TX median of $3,803 is 6% below the national median of $4,035 across 126 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

39 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $71 to $84,808. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between January 2026 and September 2026. 49 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$2,046
lowest cash price in Dallas, TX
Parkland Health & Hospital System · 8 mi
$1,757 below the median
$3,803
median cash price
12 hospitals
21×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
12/88
hospitals with a cash price
49 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Parkland Health & Hospital System

Dallas · 8 mi · File May 2026

$2,046
list $5,115 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Legent Orthopedic Hospital

Grapevine · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$3,408
list $6,816 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Irving

Irving · 2 mi · File Jun 2026

$3,803
list $6,338 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center

Fort Worth · 23 mi · File Jun 2026

$3,803
list $6,338 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Waxahachie

Waxahachie · 30 mi · File Jun 2026

$3,803
list $6,338 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Grapevine

Grapevine · 9 mi · File Jun 2026

$3,803
list $6,338 · lowest of 2 lines
7
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake Pointe

Rowlett · 27 mi · File Jun 2026

$3,803
list $6,338 · lowest of 2 lines
8
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South

Fort Worth · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$8,518
list $8,518 · lowest of 3 lines
9
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield

Mansfield · 23 mi · File Apr 2026

$8,518
list $8,518 · lowest of 3 lines
10
White Rock Medical Center

Dallas · 15 mi · File May 2026

$18,653
list $27,431 · lowest of 2 lines
11
Usmd Hospital at Arlington L P

Arlington · 14 mi · File Jul 2026

$20,964
list $38,116
12
Crescent Medical Center Lancaster

Lancaster · 19 mi · Older file date unknown

$42,404
list $65,237
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 29826. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 29826, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About shoulder arthroscopy with decompression

CPT 29826 is a keyhole shoulder operation in which the surgeon shaves bone and tissue under the acromion to relieve impingement. It is nearly always done together with other shoulder work, such as a rotator cuff repair (29827), and is technically an add-on code, so a hospital's price for 29826 alone rarely reflects the whole operation.

What the price covers

The hospital's facility fee for the operating room, arthroscopy equipment, nursing, supplies and recovery, for this component. The surgeon, anesthesia provider and any implants used in a combined repair bill separately. Expect the total for a shoulder arthroscopy visit to be considerably more than this single code.

Why prices vary

Orthopedic surgery has some of the widest price spreads in hospital files. Ambulatory surgery centers, often physician-owned, are usually much cheaper than hospital outpatient departments for the same arthroscopy. Within hospitals, large systems list the highest charges.

Questions to ask

  • Which codes will be billed for my operation, and what is the self-pay price for all of them together?
  • What do the surgeon and anesthesia charge?
  • Could the same surgeon do it at an ambulatory surgery center?

Hospitals in Dallas, TX without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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