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
ARTHRS KNE SRG MNISECTMY M/L
SPRINGVILLE, NY
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Bertrand Chaffee Hospital’s median price of $515 is 86% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 3% 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: 9 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 | Medicare medicare fee schedule · both | $512.64 | $512.64 | $512.64 – $512.64 |
| 2 | Tricare tricare east reg fee schedule · both | $512.64 | $512.64 | $512.64 – $512.64 |
| 3 | Tricare tricare north region 1 fee schedule · both | $512.64 | $512.64 | $512.64 – $512.64 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna medicare fee schedule · both | $514.52 | $514.52 | $514.52 – $514.52 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna fee schedule · both | $514.52 | $514.52 | $514.52 – $514.52 |
| 6 | Humana humana gold fee schedule · both | $514.52 | $514.52 | $514.52 – $514.52 |
| 7 | Optum va optum community care fee schedule · both | $514.52 | $514.52 | $514.52 – $514.52 |
| 8 | Tricare wps tricare for life fee schedule · both | $514.52 | $514.52 | $514.52 – $514.52 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare aarp/united healthcare fee schedule · both | $514.52 | $514.52 | $514.52 – $514.52 |
| 10 | WellCare wellcare fee schedule · both | $514.52 | $514.52 | $514.52 – $514.52 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna ins. percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $956.37 | $956.37 | $956.37 – $956.37 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $956.37 | $956.37 | $956.37 – $956.37 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bc of wny hmo fee schedule · both | $1,487 | $1,487 | $749.44 – $2,224 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross freedom blue fee schedule · both | $1,984 | $1,984 | $1,984 – $1,984 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bc of wny ppo fee schedule · both | $2,780 | $2,103 | $749.44 – $2,780 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield wny bcbs essential plan fee schedule · both | $2,780 | $2,103 | $749.44 – $2,780 |
Last updated: Oct 1, 2026
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