Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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HB Arthroscopy Knee Diagnostic W/WO Synovial Bx Spx
Low
$78
Average
$5.7k
Median
$4.1k
High
$66.2k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
872 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 13.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $39.0k | $60.8k | $43.7k | 72% | 17–170 | $4.0k – $123.7k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $13.7k | $15.8k | $7.1k | 45% | 8–80 | $11.1k – $34.0k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $61.9k | $66.2k | $10.6k | 16% | 5–50 | $55.7k – $78.9k |
| 4 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | 4–40 | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 5 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $14.2k | $14.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $14.2k – $14.2k |
| 6 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO fee schedule · both | 4 | $10.5k | $8.9k | $3.1k | 35% | 1–10 | $3.5k – $10.9k |
| 7 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 8 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 9 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 10 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $855 | $765 | $211 | 28% | — | $408 – $942 |
| 11 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $742 | $708 | $220 | 31% | — | $406 – $942 |
| 12 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 6 | $564 | $572 | $309 | 54% | — | $65 – $942 |
| 13 | AGH LAVEEN LLC Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $2.7k | $2.8k | $499 | 18% | — | $2.3k – $3.5k |
| 14 | AGH MESA LLC Mesa, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $2.7k | $2.8k | $499 | 18% | — | $2.3k – $3.5k |
| 15 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $2.6k | $3.4k | $1.2k | 37% | — | $2.2k – $4.9k |
| 16 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 17 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 18 | $505 | $572 | $222 | 39% | — | $324 – $1.1k |
| 18 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Papillion, NE case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 19 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Omaha, NE case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 20 | ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Council Bluffs, IA case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 21 | ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Omaha, NE case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 22 | ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Omaha, NE case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 23 | ALEGENT HEALTH IMMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER Omaha, NE case rate · outpatient | 1 | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 24 | ALICE_PECK_DAY_MEMORIAL_HOSPITAL LEBANON, NH percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 7 | $947 | $915 | $126 | 14% | — | $596 – $1.1k |
| 25 | AMH Cath Labs LLC Arlington, TX case rate · outpatient | 5 | $6.4k | $8.6k | $7.3k | 85% | — | $3.1k – $22.9k |
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