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
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $2.9k is 17% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 26% of the 2,108 hospitals reporting CPT 29881. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 11 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $679.83 | $679.83 | $679.83 – $679.83 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $679.83 | $679.83 | $679.83 – $679.83 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $962.00 | $1,530 | $679.83 – $2,949 |
| 4 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,806 | $1,806 | $1,806 – $1,806 |
| 5 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,814 | $1,814 | $679.83 – $2,949 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,946 | $1,946 | $943.00 – $2,949 |
| 7 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,949 | $2,949 | $2,949 – $2,949 |
| 8 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,949 | $2,949 | $2,949 – $2,949 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $2,949 | $2,949 | $2,949 – $2,949 |
| 10 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,097 | $3,097 | $3,097 – $3,097 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $3,648 | $3,564 | $3,395 – $3,648 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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