How Much Does an Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Cost in Georgia?
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$8,390Hospital outpatient total2026 Medicare, physician + facilityUnder 2026 Medicare rates, an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair costs about $8,390 in total at a hospital outpatient department or about $4,672 at an ambulatory surgery center, counting both the physician and the facility (national rates). The physician's own fee in Georgia averages $980, from $956 to $1,004 across 2 Medicare localities.
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Georgia Medicare physician rate (2026)
+0.4% vs nationalAverage of 2 localities. Office range $956.26–$1,004.18.
What the whole procedure costs
The rate above is the physician’s fee on its own. The facility bills separately, and for most procedures the facility is the larger half of the bill. These are 2026 national Medicare amounts.
Choosing a surgery center over a hospital saves about $3,718 on the Medicare allowed amount for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Ask whether your procedure can be done at an ambulatory surgery center.
Medicare pays the hospital a single comprehensive amount for this procedure, covering the facility's share of the encounter including implants and supplies. Medicare allowed amounts are not what an uninsured patient is charged, and not a quote. Private plans typically allow more.
Your ZIP in Georgia
Look up your ZIP to see whether Atlanta-area or rest-of-state pricing applies, from the metro counties to Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, and rural south Georgia.
What arthroscopic rotator cuff repair costs at hospitals near you
Everything above is a national average. The hospital you pick in Georgia moves the bill more than anything else you control.
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What these numbers are
Every figure on this page is a 2026 Medicare allowed amount: the physician line comes from the Physician Fee Schedule adjusted by geographic practice-cost indices, and the facility totals come from the CMS hospital outpatient (OPPS) and ambulatory surgery center rates. None of them is a hospital chargemaster price, your insurer's contracted rate, or a quote. Anesthesia, pathology, imaging reads and follow-up care are billed under their own codes when they apply, and an inpatient stay is paid a different way again.
National vs Georgia
Where Georgia ranks for this CPT
CPT 29827 by Georgia locality
| Locality | Office |
|---|---|
| atlanta | $1,004.18 |
| rest of georgia | $956.26 |
PE GPCI ranges from 0.892 to 1.016 in Georgia. That index is why the same CPT is not one price statewide.
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair and how Georgia is priced
Georgia divides into an Atlanta metro locality and a rest-of-state locality, so the fee schedule itself recognizes the cost gap between the capital region and the rest of the state. Atlanta's higher wages and rents translate into higher Medicare-approved amounts inside its locality, while Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, and rural Georgia share the lower rest-of-state pricing. The split is one of the cleaner examples of a two-tier state in the fee schedule. Patients near the locality boundary can see different approved amounts a short drive apart.
Metro Atlanta concentrates the state's academic medicine and most of its subspecialists, drawing referrals from across the Southeast. Outside the metro, south Georgia has seen repeated rural hospital closures, leaving longer trips for even routine procedures in some counties. Augusta and Savannah serve as important secondary hubs, and border residents sometimes cross into Chattanooga, Tallahassee, or Jacksonville for care.
This procedure: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair reattaches torn rotator cuff tendons to the top of the upper arm bone, using a small camera and instruments passed through several small incisions around the shoulder. The surgeon usually places small anchors in the bone and uses stitches to pull the tendon back into position. It is normally an outpatient operation under general anesthesia, often with a nerve block for pain, followed by several weeks in a sling and months of physical therapy.
What Is Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair?
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair reattaches torn rotator cuff tendons to the top of the upper arm bone, using a small camera and instruments passed through several small incisions around the shoulder. The surgeon usually places small anchors in the bone and uses stitches to pull the tendon back into position. It is normally an outpatient operation under general anesthesia, often with a nerve block for pain, followed by several weeks in a sling and months of physical therapy.
What Affects the Cost
- –Extra work in the same operation, such as shaving a bone spur (subacromial decompression) or treating the biceps tendon, adds codes and cost.
- –Hospital outpatient departments usually charge a much higher facility fee than surgery centers for the same repair.
- –Anesthesia, including any nerve block, is billed separately by the anesthesia provider.
- –Suture anchors and other implants are included in the facility payment, but the number used can affect a facility's cash price.
- –Physical therapy afterward is billed per visit and often runs for several months.
Questions to Ask Before Booking
- 1.Does my tear need surgery, or is physical therapy worth trying first?
- 2.Will you also treat a bone spur or the biceps tendon, and how does that change the bill?
- 3.Can the operation be done at a surgery center instead of a hospital?
- 4.Will I get a nerve block, and is the anesthesia group in my network?
- 5.How many physical therapy visits should I expect, and does my plan cover them?
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Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair in Georgia: questions
Under 2026 Medicare rates, an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair costs about $8,390 in total at a hospital outpatient department or about $4,672 at an ambulatory surgery center, counting both the physician and the facility (national rates). The physician's own fee in Georgia averages $980, from $956 to $1,004 across 2 Medicare localities. Enter a ZIP for the exact Georgia locality.
Yes. CMS splits Georgia into 2 payment localities. For this CPT the office physician fee spans $47.92 from the lowest to highest locality. Look up your ZIP to see whether Atlanta-area or rest-of-state pricing applies, from the metro counties to Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, and rural south Georgia.
After the Part B deductible, coinsurance is usually 20% of the allowed amount: about $196 for the office physician line or $196 for the hospital physician line in Georgia. Medigap may cover that 20%. This is not the hospital facility fee.
No. $980.22 is only the physician's share. Adding Medicare's facility payment brings the total to about $8,390 in a hospital outpatient department, or about $4,672 at an ambulatory surgery center. Anesthesia, pathology and other codes billed the same day are extra. Georgia ranks #35 of 51 states on the physician line (within 2% of the national office rate of $976.31).