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
KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY
City, AZ
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Bullhead City Hospital Corporation’s median price of $3.9k is 9% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 56% 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: 11 payers, 18 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 | Medicaid nv medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $516.15 | $516.15 | $516.15 – $516.15 |
| 2 | Medicaid az medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $2,661 | $2,661 | $2,661 – $2,661 |
| 3 | Magellan magellan medicaid az facility · other · outpatient | $2,794 | $2,794 | $2,794 – $2,794 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs az all facility · other · outpatient | $3,643 | $3,643 | $3,643 – $3,643 |
| 5 | Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,680 | $3,680 | $3,680 – $3,680 |
| 6 | Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · other · outpatient | $3,864 | $3,864 | $3,864 – $3,864 |
| 7 | Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · other · outpatient | $3,864 | $3,864 | $3,864 – $3,864 |
| 8 | Magellan node magellan mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,864 | $3,864 | $3,864 – $3,864 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs work comp az facility · other · outpatient | $5,750 | $5,750 | $5,750 – $5,750 |
| 10 | Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7,837 | $7,837 | $7,837 – $7,837 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare node uhc health exchange facility · per diem · outpatient | $9,348 | $9,348 | $9,348 – $9,348 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna asbait facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $23,868 | $23,868 | $23,868 – $23,868 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $33,477 | $33,477 | $33,477 – $33,477 |
| 14 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $47,814 | $47,814 | $47,814 – $47,814 |
| 15 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $49,596 | $49,596 | $49,596 – $49,596 |
| 16 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $53,471 | $53,471 | $53,471 – $53,471 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $54,478 | $54,478 | $54,478 – $54,478 |
| 18 | First Health first health coventry facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $69,745 | $69,745 | $69,745 – $69,745 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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