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29827

Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope

$768.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 29827 (Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope) received $768.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 802.1K services, the average Medicare payment was $957.59 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$64.9M72.4K—
2015$68.3M76.7K+5.2%
2016$73.4M81.3K+7.5%
2017$79.0M84.6K+7.6%
2018$83.7M88.7K+6.0%
2019$87.0M91.0K+3.9%
2020$75.5M75.6K-13.3%
2021$78.5M76.8K+4.1%
2022$78.4M76.8K-0.1%
2023$79.3M78.2K+1.1%

Top Providers for 29827

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Madison Physician Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMS$328.6K220$1.5K
2Surgical Center At Columbia Orthopaedic Group LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMO$322.4K187$1.7K
3Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMA$307.8K151$2.0K
4Chippenham Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$294.2K132$2.2K
5Sequoia Surgical Center LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$291.0K99$2.9K
6Orthopaedic Surgery Center Of Raleigh LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNC$281.7K137$2.1K
7North Valley Orthopedic Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$279.4K132$2.1K
8Leigh Orthopedic Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$275.8K174$1.6K
9Specialists One- Day Surgery LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNY$266.5K131$2.0K
10Surgery Center JvAmbulatory Surgical CenterAL$259.7K139$1.9K
11Usc, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMI$256.6K126$2.0K
12Orthopaedic Surgery Center Of San Antonio LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$250.4K155$1.6K
13Santa Rosa Surgery Center L PAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$245.8K87$2.8K
14Specialty Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNV$239.5K96$2.5K
15Musculoskeletal Ambulatory Surgery Center IncAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$230.7K101$2.3K
16Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists, P.S.Ambulatory Surgical CenterWA$218.0K111$2.0K
17Knoxville Orthopaedic Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTN$211.9K124$1.7K
18Beacon Orthopaedics Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterOH$203.4K104$2.0K
19Prescott Outpatient Surgical Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$202.6K94$2.2K
20Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$200.7K119$1.7K
21Triad Center For SurgeryAmbulatory Surgical CenterNC$191.9K97$2.0K
22Surgicare Of St Andrews LtdAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$189.2K82$2.3K
23Careplex Orthopaedic Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$188.0K108$1.7K
24Surgery Center Of Chattanooga LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTN$187.8K123$1.5K
25Big Sky Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMT$183.0K100$1.8K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$8.7M6.6K286$30.3K
FL$6.7M6.4K258$26.2K
TX$4.6M5.2K240$19.0K
VA$3.4M3.4K118$29.2K
NC$3.0M3.0K121$25.0K
NY$2.9M2.3K106$27.7K
AZ$2.5M2.5K99$25.4K
GA$2.5M2.3K114$22.1K
TN$2.5M2.3K94$26.7K
IL$2.4M2.3K106$22.6K
WA$2.4M2.1K91$26.1K
MD$2.4M2.0K78$30.3K
CO$2.3M2.0K91$25.0K
PA$2.3M2.4K117$19.4K
OH$2.2M2.3K117$19.0K
SC$1.9M2.1K93$20.1K
MI$1.9M1.8K75$24.9K
MA$1.8M1.9K84$21.4K
MO$1.7M1.7K69$24.6K
MS$1.6M1.6K49$33.6K
AL$1.6M1.9K85$19.2K
NV$1.3M1.2K43$31.0K
IN$1.1M1.2K66$17.0K
NJ$1.1M1.1K59$18.2K
KS$1.1M1.4K62$17.3K
UT$1.0M1.1K52$20.0K
LA$958.0K1.2K64$15.0K
OR$958.0K91343$22.3K
CT$949.4K70132$29.7K
OK$933.7K1.3K64$14.6K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.