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
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $3.3k is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 42% 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: 8 payers, 35 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,168 | $1,168 | $1,168 – $1,168 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip case rate · outpatient | $1,168 | $1,168 | $1,168 – $1,168 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids case rate · outpatient | $1,168 | $1,168 | $1,168 – $1,168 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,202 | $1,202 | $1,202 – $1,202 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star case rate · outpatient | $1,568 | $1,568 | $1,568 – $1,568 |
| 6 | Aetna commercial|kelseycare case rate · outpatient | $1,695 | $1,695 | $1,695 – $1,695 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,038 | $2,038 | $2,038 – $2,038 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,299 | $2,299 | $2,299 – $2,299 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,518 | $2,518 | $2,518 – $2,518 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $3,128 | $3,128 | $3,128 – $3,128 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 14 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 15 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $3,250 | $3,250 | $3,250 – $3,250 |
| 16 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,282 | $3,282 | $3,282 – $3,282 |
| 17 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3,315 | $3,315 | $3,315 – $3,315 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $3,315 | $3,315 | $3,315 – $3,315 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|transplant case rate · outpatient | $3,400 | $3,400 | $3,400 – $3,400 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus case rate · outpatient | $3,572 | $3,572 | $3,572 – $3,572 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial|surefit case rate · outpatient | $3,635 | $3,635 | $3,635 – $3,635 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,005 | $4,005 | $4,005 – $4,005 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter case rate · outpatient | $4,211 | $4,211 | $4,211 – $4,211 |
| 24 | Humana commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,300 | $4,300 | $4,300 – $4,300 |
| 25 | Humana commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,300 | $4,300 | $4,300 – $4,300 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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