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Original text from hospital filings
KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY
Low
$713
Average
$4.4k
Median
$3.3k
High
$34.2k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
67 payers; the 90th percentile is 4.4× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 397 | $4.4k | $5.7k | $4.5k | 79% | 97–106 | $1 – $46.3k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 549 | $3.2k | $4.3k | $5.7k | 133% | 3–30 | $10 – $95.3k |
| 3 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 131 | $2.9k | $3.2k | $3.6k | 114% | 3–30 | $197 – $23.9k |
| 4 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +22 other terms | 338 | $9.3k | $11.4k | $8.0k | 70% | 2–20 | $558 – $54.4k |
| 5 | Bcbs Ms fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $4.8k | $4.8k | $229 | 5% | 2–20 | $4.5k – $5.0k |
| 6 | Bcbs La fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 25 | $4.6k | $5.5k | $2.0k | 35% | 1–10 | $1.8k – $10.2k |
| 7 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 495 | $3.4k | $4.2k | $3.6k | 87% | — | $20 – $37.3k |
| 8 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 376 | $3.2k | $2.8k | $1.5k | 53% | — | $1 – $12.8k |
| 9 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms | 240 | $2.4k | $2.0k | $1.6k | 79% | — | $1 – $8.9k |
| 10 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 183 | $3.3k | $3.4k | $1.2k | 36% | — | $201 – $7.6k |
| 11 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +19 other terms | 136 | $7.2k | $7.0k | $2.1k | 30% | — | $3.1k – $13.8k |
| 12 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 99 | $4.1k | $4.6k | $4.1k | 91% | — | $60 – $23.4k |
| 13 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 91 | $5.5k | $4.3k | $2.3k | 53% | — | $232 – $7.9k |
| 14 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 78 | $1.4k | $1.6k | $1.9k | 121% | — | $512 – $25.1k |
| 15 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms | 76 | $3.3k | $3.0k | $881 | 29% | — | $535 – $3.7k |
| 16 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms | 76 | $5.1k | $5.4k | $636 | 12% | — | $2.0k – $6.3k |
| 17 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms | 64 | $3.0k | $2.5k | $1.6k | 63% | — | $368 – $12.5k |
| 18 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms | 48 | $4.0k | $4.9k | $3.3k | 68% | — | $246 – $13.4k |
| 19 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 46 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $388 | 16% | — | $2.3k – $4.9k |
| 20 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 43 | $3.0k | $3.1k | $2.7k | 87% | — | $535 – $12.1k |
| 21 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 37 | $4.9k | $5.0k | $1.0k | 21% | — | $691 – $10.2k |
| 22 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 34 | $3.4k | $3.3k | $2.9k | 88% | — | $523 – $10.2k |
| 23 | Amerihealth Caritas case rate · outpatient · +13 other terms | 33 | $567 | $5.9k | $4.6k | 78% | — | $536 – $11.4k |
| 24 | Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 33 | $4.0k | $3.9k | $1.9k | 47% | — | $1.1k – $11.4k |
| 25 | Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms | 33 | $3.2k | $2.5k | $1.1k | 43% | — | $1.1k – $3.5k |
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