Shoulder arthroscopy with decompression in Detroit, MI costs $221 to $445. Here's every hospital's price.
8 hospitals in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, 8 hospitals list a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy with decompression (CPT 29826). The lowest is $221 at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, the median is $221 and the highest is $445 at Mclaren Macomb. The most expensive hospital lists 2.0 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Detroit, MI median of $221 is 95% below the national median of $4,035 across 126 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
13 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1 to $11,498. 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 December 2025 and September 2026. 23 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.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyClinton Township · 14 mi · File Jun 2026
Detroit · 25 mi · File Jun 2026
Wyandotte · 35 mi · File Jun 2026
W Bloomfield · 16 mi · File Jun 2026
Lapeer · 24 mi · File Dec 2025
Pontiac · 7 mi · File Dec 2025
Port Huron · 43 mi · File Dec 2025
Mount Clemens · 18 mi · File Dec 2025
Port Huron · 42 mi · File Sep 2026
Warren · 18 mi · File Jan 2026
Garden City · 28 mi · File Sep 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 29826. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
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 Detroit, MI without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviFile found, not read yet
- Ascension Providence Rochester Hospitalcode not in file
- Ascension River District HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Beaumont Hospital - DearbornWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeNo website on record
- Beaumont Hospital - TaylorWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital Royal OakWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital, TroyWebsite blocks automated reading
- Children's Hospital of Michigancode not in file
- Corewell Health Trenton HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Detroit Receiving Hospitalcode not in file
- Henry Ford Health Brighton Center for RecoveryFile found, not read yet
- Henry Ford Health St John HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Karmanos Cancer Centercode not in file
- Sinai-Grace Hospitalcode not in file
- Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital LLCWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaNo price file found
- Straith Hospital for Special Surgerycode not in file
- Surgeons Choice Medical Centercode not in file
- Trinity Health Livingston HospitalNo price file found
- Trinity Health Oakland HospitalNo price file found