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
Milford, DE
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Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus’s median price of $4.5k is 25% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 66% 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: 4 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 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $905.62 | $905.62 | $905.62 – $905.62 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,536 | $3,536 | $3,536 – $3,536 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,607 | $3,607 | $3,607 – $3,607 |
| 4 | Ambetter exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $5,304 | $5,304 | $5,304 – $5,304 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark aca exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $14,724 | $14,724 | $14,724 – $14,724 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark non-aca all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $16,539 | $16,539 | $16,539 – $16,539 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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