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
Dover, DE
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Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus’s median price of $4.6k is 29% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 67% 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 | $3,649 | $3,649 | $3,649 – $3,649 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,722 | $3,722 | $3,722 – $3,722 |
| 4 | Ambetter exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $5,473 | $5,473 | $5,473 – $5,473 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark aca exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $15,195 | $15,195 | $15,195 – $15,195 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark non-aca all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $17,068 | $17,068 | $17,068 – $17,068 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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