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
Phoenix, AZ
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Agh Laveen Llc’s median price of $3.5k is 3% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 47% 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: 6 payers, 15 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $575.41 | $575.41 | $575.41 – $575.41 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $2,898 | $2,898 | $2,898 – $2,898 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $2,898 | $2,898 | $2,898 – $2,898 |
| 4 | Cigna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3,146 | $3,146 | $3,146 – $3,146 |
| 5 | Cigna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,146 | $3,146 | $3,146 – $3,146 |
| 6 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,458 | $3,458 | $3,458 – $3,458 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,458 | $3,458 | $3,458 – $3,458 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,493 | $3,493 | $3,493 – $3,493 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,545 | $3,545 | $3,545 – $3,545 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,863 | $3,863 | $3,863 – $3,863 |
| 11 | Aetna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $4,005 | $4,005 | $4,005 – $4,005 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,005 | $4,005 | $4,005 – $4,005 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|navigate case rate · outpatient | $7,461 | $7,461 | $7,461 – $7,461 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $9,445 | $9,445 | $9,445 – $9,445 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options case rate · outpatient | $9,595 | $9,595 | $9,595 – $9,595 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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