Shoulder arthroscopy with decompression in San Antonio, TX costs $3,715 to $11,892. Here's every hospital's price.
2 hospitals in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area, 2 hospitals list a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy with decompression (CPT 29826). The lowest is $3,715 at Legent Orthopedic + Spine, the median is $3,715 and the highest is $11,892 at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 3.2 times the cheapest for the same code.
The San Antonio, TX median of $3,715 is 30% above the national median of $2,859 across 435 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
4 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $141 to $23,785. 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 May 2026. 15 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 onlySan Antonio · 9 mi · File Mar 2026
Seguin · 41 mi · File May 2026
San Antonio · 6 mi · File Jan 2026
San Antonio · 7 mi · File Jan 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 San Antonio, TX without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Bandera Family HospitalNo website on record
- Baptist Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand OaksWebsite blocks automated reading
- Connally Memorial Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Foundation Surgical Hospital of San AntonioWebsite blocks automated reading
- Medina Regional HospitalNo website on record
- Methodist HospitalNo price file found
- Methodist Hospital Stone OakNo price file found
- Methodist Hospital AtascosaNo price file found
- Resolute Health HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospitalcode not in file
- Texas Center for Infectious DiseaseNo price file found
- University Health SystemFile could not be read
- UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research HoNo website on record
- Westover Hills Baptist HospitalNo website on record