Editorial Commentary: Cost Associated With Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Can Be Largely Controlled by the Surgeon.

Abstract

Surgeons must rely on cost and charge data to inform a patient outcome-optimized value-based approach to arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs. Using biologic and regenerative procedures to augment repairs only when necessary and optimizing anchor number are 2 obvious ways surgeons can help control cost of these procedures. Addition of biologics, such as patches and tissue augmentation, nearly doubled the charges for the procedure.