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
Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; debrid
Wadena, MN
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Astera Health’s median price of $8.0k is 122% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 90% of the 1,977 hospitals reporting CPT 29877. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 17 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mr-bcbs mn [400069] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $587 | $587 | — | — | — | $587 – $587 |
| 2 | Medica mr-medica advantage solutions [100895] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $587 | $587 | — | — | — | $587 – $587 |
| 3 | Ucare ucare pmap [300063] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 4 | Medica medica mncare [100751] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 5 | Medica medica pmap [100345] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 6 | Ucare mr-ucare [300064] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 7 | Ucare mr-ucare msho [300061] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 8 | Medica mr-medica dual solutions msho [100344] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 9 | Ucare ucare commercial [100748] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11.8k | $11.8k | — | — | — | $11.8k – $11.8k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs federal employees [400004] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.0k | $12.0k | — | — | — | $12.0k – $12.0k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs high value network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.0k | $12.0k | — | — | — | $12.0k – $12.0k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue plus [400058] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.0k | $12.0k | — | — | — | $12.0k – $12.0k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare [100453] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.2k | $12.2k | — | — | — | $12.2k – $12.2k |
| 14 | Medica medica [100341] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.3k | $12.3k | — | — | — | $12.3k – $12.3k |
| 15 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.7k | $12.7k | — | — | — | $12.7k – $12.7k |
| 16 | Sanford Health Plan sanford health plan [100578] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $13.5k | $13.5k | — | — | — | $13.5k – $13.5k |
| 17 | Aetna aetna - fh [100925] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $14.3k | $14.3k | — | — | — | $14.3k – $14.3k |
Last updated: Feb 20, 2026
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