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
KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY
Low
$188
Average
$3.9k
Median
$3.5k
High
$28.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Hh Health System Dekalb Regional Payne, AL | $2.0k | $2.3k | $1.2k | 53% | 102–156 | $1.2k – $4.1k |
| 2 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO | $3.5k | $5.2k | $2.8k | 54% | 11–110 | $2.9k – $10.9k |
| 3 | Dignity Community Care Sacramento, CA | $848 | $2.3k | $1.9k | 84% | 4–40 | $226 – $4.4k |
| 4 | Dignity Health Carmichael, CA | $4.0k | $2.5k | $2.0k | 79% | 2–20 | $226 – $5.3k |
| 5 | Rush Medical Foundation Meridian, MS | $4.5k | $3.8k | $1.2k | 32% | 2–20 | $2.4k – $5.0k |
| 6 | Oregon Health & Science University PORTLAND, OR | $4.5k | $4.5k | $628 | 14% | 2–20 | $3.8k – $5.1k |
| 7 | The University of Kansas Health System Great Bend Campus Bend, KS | $201 | $424 | $1.3k | 317% | 1–10 | $166 – $15.6k |
| 8 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA | $17.7k | $19.5k | $12.0k | 61% | 1–10 | $197 – $35.6k |
| 9 | Saline Memorial Hospital Benton, AR | $3.1k | $3.5k | $842 | 24% | 1–10 | $2.5k – $5.3k |
| 10 | Dignity Health Bakersfield, CA | $226 | $1.7k | $2.3k | 137% | 1–10 | $226 – $9.2k |
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