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
Laurium, MI
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Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital’s median price of $893 is 75% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 12% 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: 3 payers, 5 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 | Tricare tricare plans fee schedule · both | $162.00 | $162.00 | $162.00 – $162.00 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare va community care network fee schedule · both | $522.36 | $522.36 | $522.36 – $522.36 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mi blue cross blue shield of michigan ppo network fee schedule · both | $893.01 | $893.01 | $893.01 – $893.01 |
| 4 | Bcbs Mi blue care network fee schedule · both | $1,429 | $1,429 | $1,429 – $1,429 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare hmo/ppo/pos/epo networks fee schedule · both | $1,668 | $1,668 | $1,668 – $1,668 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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