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.
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Knee arthroscopy/surgery
Ottawa, KS
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Adventhealth Ottawa’s median price of $4.5k is 27% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 67% 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: 5 payers, 7 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 medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,077 | $3,077 | $3,077 – $3,077 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue choice ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,746 | $3,746 | $3,746 – $3,746 |
| 3 | Cigna local plus pos fee schedule · outpatient | $4,006 | $4,006 | $4,006 – $4,006 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $4,308 | $4,308 | $4,308 – $4,308 |
| 5 | Oscar individual plan hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $5,231 | $5,231 | $5,231 – $5,231 |
| 6 | Aetna hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $5,467 | $5,467 | $5,467 – $5,467 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $8,997 | $8,997 | $8,997 – $8,997 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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