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Original text from hospital filings
KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY
Low
$839
Average
$4.5k
Median
$3.5k
High
$30.8k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
68 payers; the 90th percentile is 3.9× 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 · +27 other terms | 412 | $4.4k | $5.7k | $4.4k | 77% | 384–465 | $1 – $41.4k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 588 | $3.2k | $4.2k | $5.4k | 128% | 70–106 | $129 – $95.3k |
| 3 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +23 other terms | 355 | $9.2k | $11.5k | $7.9k | 69% | 8–80 | $82 – $54.4k |
| 4 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms | 528 | $3.5k | $4.4k | $4.2k | 94% | 7–70 | $20 – $48.0k |
| 5 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms | 92 | $5.5k | $4.6k | $2.1k | 46% | 6–60 | $150 – $7.9k |
| 6 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms | 406 | $3.2k | $3.0k | $1.6k | 53% | 4–40 | $1 – $16.7k |
| 7 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 134 | $3.2k | $3.3k | $3.8k | 116% | 4–40 | $444 – $23.9k |
| 8 | Bcbs La fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 25 | $4.7k | $5.6k | $1.9k | 34% | 2–20 | $1.8k – $10.2k |
| 9 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 251 | $2.4k | $2.1k | $1.6k | 75% | 1–10 | $1 – $8.9k |
| 10 | Medicaid fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 21 | $521 | $1.1k | $1.1k | 105% | 1–10 | $60 – $2.8k |
| 11 | Bcbs Mo professional · other · both · +2 other terms | 1 | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 12 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 200 | $3.4k | $3.4k | $1.2k | 34% | — | $238 – $7.6k |
| 13 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +18 other terms | 136 | $7.2k | $7.0k | $2.1k | 30% | — | $3.1k – $13.8k |
| 14 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 99 | $4.1k | $4.7k | $4.1k | 86% | — | $444 – $23.4k |
| 15 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 80 | $1.4k | $1.6k | $1.9k | 119% | — | $625 – $25.1k |
| 16 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 80 | $3.3k | $3.0k | $899 | 30% | — | $637 – $3.7k |
| 17 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 76 | $5.1k | $5.5k | $589 | 11% | — | $2.7k – $6.3k |
| 18 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms | 65 | $3.2k | $2.8k | $1.5k | 52% | — | $424 – $11.9k |
| 19 | Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 59 | $3.2k | $3.1k | $1.1k | 36% | — | $596 – $5.4k |
| 20 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 46 | $2.4k | $2.4k | $388 | 16% | — | $2.3k – $4.9k |
| 21 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 44 | $3.0k | $3.2k | $2.5k | 80% | — | $643 – $12.1k |
| 22 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 38 | $4.7k | $5.0k | $1.2k | 23% | — | $803 – $13.7k |
| 23 | Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 35 | $3.2k | $2.6k | $1.0k | 40% | — | $1.1k – $3.5k |
| 24 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 35 | $3.4k | $3.9k | $4.6k | 117% | — | $632 – $16.3k |
| 25 | Amerihealth Caritas case rate · outpatient · +11 other terms | 34 | $700 | $6.1k | $4.6k | 75% | — | $662 – $11.4k |
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