CPT 29871
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.
Original text from hospital filings
Arthroscopy Knee Infection Lavage & Drainage
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Low
$73
Average
$4.9k
Median
$2.0k
High
$78.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $12.4k | $12.7k | $6.7k | 53% | 33–330 | $3.6k – $20.9k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $5.3k | $5.0k | $745 | 15% | 3–30 | $3.8k – $5.6k |
| 3 | West Virginia Health Care Cooperative Inc. Summersville, WV | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 4 | Saint Joseph Health System, Inc Mt. Sterling, KY | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 5 | Wheeling Hospital, Inc. Wheeling, WV | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 6 | Northern Itasca Hospital District Bigfork, MN | $2.7k | $3.2k | $2.0k | 62% | — | $1.0k – $6.7k |
| 7 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $546 | $546 | — | — | — | $546 – $546 |
| 8 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $11.0k | $11.9k | $3.4k | 29% | — | $5.4k – $16.9k |
| 9 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $1.3k | $1.2k | $372 | 32% | — | $646 – $1.6k |
| 10 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX | $5.6k | $5.8k | $1.2k | 21% | — | $3.4k – $8.4k |
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