Price reports for Rotator cuff repair (shoulder arthroscopy)

Community member

Price charged

$8,100.00

Insurance paid

$147.00

You paid

$37.00

When my husband had outpatient surgery for a bone spur on his shoulder, the surgeon charged $8100. My insurance only approved $147. I don't understand the difference in prices. Without insurance, I'm sure I would have been billed the $8100. This is not the only crazy bill I received from this procedure.
Insurer: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Provider: Ommar Hussamy, M.D.
Address: Vero Beach, 1260, 37th Street, FL
Community member

Price charged

$106,014.00

Insurance paid

$32,597.20

You paid

$4,267.19

I have GREAT insurance and truly no complaints - but I'm appalled at the "system;" if the hospital can write off almost $70,000 in charges than clearly what is billed is not what the procedure actually cost. One of the charges on this bill was $315 for a urine pregnancy test...the same kind you buy at the drugstore. My frustration is with the providers - I do feel in my particular case that my insurance is negotiating and trying to keep costs down. My hope is that by staying in network and doing my research I will be able to keep my out of pocket costs to a minimum.
Insurer: Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program
Provider: Hoouston Methodist Surgical Associates
Address: Houston, 18300, Saint John Drive, TX

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Rotator cuff repair (shoulder arthroscopy)
Region Price
Alabama $0.00
Alaska $0.00
Arizona $0.00
Arkansas $0.00
Anaheim/Santa Ana, CA $0.00
Los Angeles, CA $0.00
Marin/Napa/Solano, CA $0.00
Oakland/Berkeley, CA $0.00
Rest of California $0.00
San Francisco, CA $0.00
San Mateo, CA $0.00
Santa Clara, CA $0.00
Ventura, CA $0.00
Colorado $0.00
Connecticut $0.00
DC + MD/VA Suburbs $0.00
Delaware $0.00
Fort Lauderdale, FL $0.00
Miami, FL $0.00
Rest of Florida $0.00
Atlanta, GA $0.00
Rest of Georgia $0.00
Hawaii/Guam $0.00
Idaho $0.00
Chicago, IL $0.00
East St. Louis, IL $0.00
Rest of Illinois $0.00
Suburban Chicago, IL $0.00
Indiana $0.00
Iowa $0.00
Kansas $0.00
Kentucky $0.00
New Orleans, LA $0.00
Rest of Louisiana $0.00
Rest of Maine $0.00
Southern Maine $0.00
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys, MD $0.00
Rest of Maryland $0.00
Metropolitan Boston $0.00
Rest of Massachusetts $0.00
Detroit, MI $0.00
Rest of Michigan $0.00
Minnesota $0.00
Mississippi $0.00
Metropolitan Kansas City, MO $0.00
Metropolitan St Louis, MO $0.00
Rest of Missouri $0.00
Montana $0.00
Nebraska $0.00
Nevada $0.00
New Hampshire $0.00
Northern NJ $0.00
Rest of New Jersey $0.00
New Mexico $0.00
Manhattan, NY $0.00
NYC Suburbs/Long I., NY $0.00
Poughkpsie/N NYC Suburbs, NY $0.00
Queens, NY $0.00
Rest of New York $0.00
North Carolina $0.00
North Dakota $0.00
Ohio $0.00
Oklahoma $0.00
Portland, OR $0.00
Rest of Oregon $0.00
Metropolitan Philadelphia, PA $0.00
Rest of Pennsylvania $0.00
Puerto Rico $0.00
Rhode Island $0.00
South Carolina $0.00
South Dakota $0.00
Tennessee $0.00
Austin, TX $0.00
Beaumont, TX $0.00
Brazoria, TX $0.00
Dallas, TX $0.00
Fort Worth, TX $0.00
Galveston, TX $0.00
Houston, TX $0.00
Rest of Texas $0.00
Utah $0.00
Vermont $0.00
Virgin Islands $0.00
Virginia $0.00
Rest of Washington $0.00
Seattle (King Cnty), WA $0.00
West Virginia $0.00
Wisconsin $0.00
Wyoming $0.00
Bakersfield, CA $0.00
Chico, CA $0.00
El Centro, CA $0.00
Fresno, CA $0.00
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $0.00
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles Cnty), CA $0.00
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Orange Cnty), CA $0.00
Madera, CA $0.00
Merced, CA $0.00
Modesto, CA $0.00
Napa, CA $0.00
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $0.00
Redding, CA $0.00
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $0.00
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $0.00
Salinas, CA $0.00
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $0.00
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty), CA $0.00
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (Marin Cnty), CA $0.00
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (San Francisco Cnty), CA $0.00
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (San Mateo Cnty), CA $0.00
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty), CA $0.00
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty), CA $0.00
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $0.00
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $0.00
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $0.00
Santa Rosa, CA $0.00
Stockton-Lodi, CA $0.00
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $0.00
Visalia-Porterville, CA $0.00
Yuba City, CA $0.00
Rest Of California, CA $0.00
Hawaii, GUam $0.00
Metropolitan Boston, MA $0.00