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
Oakland, CA
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s median price of $17.0k is 379% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 98% of the 1,939 hospitals reporting CPT 29876. 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, 6 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 | Anthem medicare adv_ hmo / ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 2 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15.7k | $15.7k | — | — | — | $15.7k – $15.7k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16.7k | $16.7k | — | — | — | $16.7k – $16.7k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare hmo / ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.4k | $17.4k | — | — | — | $17.4k – $17.4k |
| 5 | Aetna hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.1k | $18.1k | — | — | — | $18.1k – $18.1k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.9k | $18.9k | — | — | — | $18.9k – $18.9k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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