{
    "code": "29827",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/29827/2018/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/29827/2018/C",
    "description": "Shoulder surgery through small portals with a camera, in which a torn rotator cuff tendon is pulled back to its footprint on the upper arm bone and secured, usually with anchors set into the bone and sutures passed through the tendon. The distinguishing feature within the shoulder arthroscopy family is the cuff repair itself, as opposed to trimming tissue, shaving bone, or working on the biceps or labrum.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 29827 in Q3 2018?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $1,093.31 for CPT 29827 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,093.31 in a facility under the Q3 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 0.3%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2018,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2018",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2018",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 1093.31,
        "facility": 1093.31,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 15.59,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 12.26,
        "practice_expense_facility": 12.26,
        "malpractice": 2.52
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.9996,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q3 2018)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18c1.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2018/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU18_JUL.csv",
        "row": 7291,
        "sha256": "514e3c115f8e62a35eb5f78fef7ed12ed7b60b22a5fe3f3f1bb5aadf119663c5"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:27+00:00"
}