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Shoulder arthroscopy with decompression in New York, NY-NJ costs $502 to $50,586. Here's every hospital's price.

18 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 18 hospitals list a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy with decompression (CPT 29826). The lowest is $502 at Bronxcare Hospital Center, the median is $4,595 and the highest is $50,586 at Hudson Regional Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 101 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $4,595 is 61% above the national median of $2,859 across 434 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

42 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $121 to $95,456. 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. 68 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.

$502
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
Bronxcare Hospital Center · 8 mi
$4,093 below the median
$4,595
median cash price
18 hospitals
101×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
18/110
hospitals with a cash price
68 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Bronxcare Hospital Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File May 2026

$502
list $502 · lowest of 4 lines
2
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, INC.

Brooklyn · 11 mi · File Apr 2026

$659
list $659
3
Flushing Hospital Medical Center

Flushing · 1 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,634
list $1,634
4
Ns/Lij Hs Southside Hospital

Bay Shore · 30 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
5
North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset · 6 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
6
Peconic Bay Medical Center

Riverhead · 61 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
7
Lenox Hill Hospital

New York · 8 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
8
Long Island Community Hospital

Patchogue · 44 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
· lowest of 12 lines
9
Staten Island University Hospital

Staten Island · 18 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
10
Northern Westchester Hospital

Mount Kisco · 32 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
11
Northwell Hospital Glen Cove

Glen Cove · 14 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
12
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,595
· lowest of 4 lines
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 New York, NY-NJ 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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