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How Much Does an Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Cost in Nevada?

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$8,390Hospital outpatient total2026 Medicare, physician + facility

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 Nevada averages $960.

Hospital payments are wage-adjusted by locality, so the ZIP changes the numbers. For example 88901.
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Nevada Medicare physician rate (2026)

-1.7% vs national

Single statewide locality.

Nevada (Hospital)
$959.66
Facility physician fee
Private plan est.
$1,248–$1,919
~130–200% of Medicare
Cash / self-pay est.
$768–$1,439
~80–150% of Medicare

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.

Surgery center, total
$4,672
$976 physician + $3,696 facility
Physician fee alone
$976
Only 12% of the hospital total

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 Nevada

Enter a ZIP code for your area, whether the Las Vegas Valley and Henderson, Reno-Sparks, Carson City, or rural stretches like Elko and the central basin towns.

What arthroscopic rotator cuff repair costs at hospitals near you

Everything above is a national average. The hospital you pick in Nevada moves the bill more than anything else you control.

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Rates for your ZIP, 5 named hospitals with CMS ratings, the add-on codes, and the scheduler script.

For example 88901.

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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 Nevada

National office$976.31
National hospital (physician)$976.31
Nevada vs nationalwithin 2% of the national office rate of $976.31

Where Nevada ranks for this CPT

Rank (lowest physician fee first)#27 of 51
Lowest stateArkansas ($875.19)
Highest stateAlaska ($1,208.25)

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair and how Nevada is priced

Nevada's Medicare rates flow from a single statewide locality with adjustments a little above the national midpoint, shaped mostly by Las Vegas wage and cost levels. Clark County holds nearly three quarters of the state's population, so the statewide factors largely mirror the Las Vegas economy, with Reno and the rural counties along for the ride. A procedure in Elko is approved at the same amount as one on the Strip's doorstep. The gap between that uniform pricing and Nevada's very uneven provider supply is what patients notice most.

Nevada has long ranked among the states with the fewest physicians per resident, and the shortage is sharpest in specialties, so waits and travel are common even in Las Vegas. Reno serves the north and pulls some patients from rural Nevada and eastern California. Many rural Nevadans cross into Utah, Arizona, or California for procedures, and complex cases are often referred to Los Angeles, Phoenix, or Salt Lake City.

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?

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair in Nevada: 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 Nevada averages $960. Nevada is a single Medicare locality, so the physician rate is the same statewide.

Not on the physician fee schedule. Nevada uses one locality, so the Medicare physician rate is the same from one end of the state to the other. What still changes is site of service (office vs hospital) and any facility fee the hospital bills on its own claim.

After the Part B deductible, coinsurance is usually 20% of the allowed amount: about $192 for the office physician line or $192 for the hospital physician line in Nevada. Medigap may cover that 20%. This is not the hospital facility fee.

No. $959.66 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. Nevada ranks #27 of 51 states on the physician line (within 2% of the national office rate of $976.31).

Data source: 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (CMS PPRRVU26B, released March 2026). Conversion factor: $33.4009. Prices shown are Medicare allowed amounts for the physician service and may not match what you are billed. Private insurance and self-pay ranges, when shown, are labeled estimates (typical multiples of Medicare), not quotes. This site is an independent cost tool, not medical advice.