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Knee arthroscopy/surgery
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $13.1k is 11% above the median hospital's median price ($11.8k), higher than 64% of the 1,680 hospitals reporting CPT 29889. 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, 10 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 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | $889 | 55% | — | $718 – $2.5k |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | $889 | 55% | — | $718 – $2.5k |
| 3 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | $902 | 41% | — | $1.3k – $3.1k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | $1.2k | 20% | — | $4.8k – $7.2k |
| 5 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.1k | $7.1k | $4.9k | 70% | — | $2.1k – $12.0k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13.1k | $13.1k | — | — | — | $13.1k – $13.1k |
| 7 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13.8k | $14.1k | $7.6k | 54% | — | $5k – $23.6k |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.9k | $17.9k | $2.6k | 15% | — | $15.3k – $20.6k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $25.7k | $25.7k | — | — | — | $25.7k – $25.7k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $29.1k | $29.1k | $5.8k | 20% | — | $23.3k – $35.0k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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