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Shoulder arthroscopy with decompression in San Francisco, CA costs $5,242 to $5,487. Here's every hospital's price.

4 hospitals in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, 4 hospitals list a cash price for shoulder arthroscopy with decompression (CPT 29826). The lowest is $5,242 at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco, the median is $5,242 and the highest is $5,487 at Washington Hospital.

The San Francisco, CA median of $5,242 is 30% above the national median of $4,035 across 132 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

1 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $2,952 to $10,929. 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 April 2026. 33 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.

$5,242
lowest cash price in San Francisco, CA
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco · 12 mi
$5,242
median cash price
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco

South San Francisco · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$5,242
list $9,360 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$5,242
list $9,360 · lowest of 6 lines
3
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Antioch · 30 mi · File Apr 2026

$5,242
list $9,360 · lowest of 6 lines
4
Washington Hospital

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$5,487
list $7,034 · lowest of 7 lines
5
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Pleasanton · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

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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 San Francisco, CA 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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