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
$229
Average
$3.8k
Median
$3.5k
High
$27.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hh Health System Dekalb Regional Payne, AL | $2.1k | $2.8k | $1.8k | 65% | 135–270 | $1.2k – $5.9k |
| 2 | Dignity Health Camarillo, CA | $4.1k | $3.7k | $1.7k | 46% | 7–70 | $722 – $7.5k |
| 3 | Dignity Health Gilbert, AZ | $3.5k | $3.2k | $1.1k | 34% | 5–50 | $702 – $5.5k |
| 4 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Boise, ID | $9.8k | $11.1k | $4.8k | 44% | 3–30 | $5.1k – $19.6k |
| 5 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Twin Falls, ID | $8.2k | $7.5k | $2.0k | 27% | 1–10 | $5.1k – $9.8k |
| 6 | Rush Medical Foundation Meridian, MS | $4.5k | $3.8k | $1.2k | 32% | 1–10 | $2.4k – $5.0k |
| 7 | Lafayette General Medical Center Inc Lafayette, LA | $4.6k | $4.6k | $212 | 5% | 1–10 | $4.4k – $4.8k |
| 8 | Dignity Community Care Glendale, CA | $4.1k | $3.1k | $1.7k | 56% | 1–10 | $917 – $5.2k |
| 9 | Dignity Health Santa Cruz, CA | $2.7k | $3.6k | $3.9k | 107% | 1–10 | $587 – $14.0k |
| 10 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.3k – $3.3k |
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