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
Duluth, MN
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital’s median price of $3.2k is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 37% 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: 8 payers, 16 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 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota medicaid fee schedule · both | $237.36 | $237.36 | $237.36 – $237.36 |
| 2 | Bcbs Mn blue cross medicare advantage plans fee schedule · both | $503.16 | $503.16 | $503.16 – $503.16 |
| 3 | Tricare tricare plans fee schedule · both | $513.42 | $513.42 | $513.42 – $513.42 |
| 4 | Healthpartners healthpartners medicare advantage plans fee schedule · both | $513.78 | $513.78 | $513.78 – $513.78 |
| 5 | Ucare ucare medicare advantage plans fee schedule · both | $529.11 | $529.11 | $529.11 – $529.11 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare hmo/ppo/pos/epo networks fee schedule · both | $1,073 | $1,073 | $1,073 – $1,073 |
| 7 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota commercial plans fee schedule · both | $1,164 | $1,164 | $1,164 – $1,164 |
| 8 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,860 | $1,860 | $1,488 – $2,232 |
| 9 | Anthem anthem medicare advantage plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,388 | $3,388 | $3,388 – $3,388 |
| 10 | Healthpartners healthpartners medicare advantage plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,455 | $3,455 | $3,455 – $3,455 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare advantage esa fee schedule · outpatient | $3,489 | $3,489 | $3,489 – $3,489 |
| 12 | Humana humana medicare ppo/pos/hmo network plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,557 | $3,557 | $3,557 – $3,557 |
| 13 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4,056 | $4,056 | $3,245 – $4,867 |
| 14 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota federal employee program fee schedule · outpatient | $4,056 | $4,056 | $3,245 – $4,867 |
| 15 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota state employee plan fee schedule · outpatient | $5,442 | $5,442 | $4,354 – $6,530 |
| 16 | Anthem anthem blue commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6,775 | $6,775 | $6,775 – $6,775 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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