Knee arthroscopy with meniscus removal and cartilage smoothing at Children's National Hospital

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

3M $ ARTHROSCOPY W/MENISCECTOMY M OR L

Washington, DC

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Children's National Hospital’s median price of $610 is 83% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 7% of the 2,124 hospitals reporting CPT 29881. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 29881 at Children's National Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 25 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	Anthem medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$483	$483	—	—	—	$483 – $483
2	Kaiser managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$520	$520	—	—	—	$520 – $520
3	Carefirst hmo professional · fee schedule · both	$538	$538	—	—	—	$538 – $538
4	UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$547	$547	$59	11%	—	$487 – $606
5	Aetna Better Health managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$561	$561	$17	3%	—	$544 – $577
6	Molina managed medicaid (ccc plus) professional · fee schedule · both	$591	$591	—	—	—	$591 – $591
7	Molina managed medicaid (medallion) professional · fee schedule · both	$591	$591	—	—	—	$591 – $591
8	Carefirst rpn professional · fee schedule · both	$597	$597	—	—	—	$597 – $597
9	Anthem hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$610	$610	—	—	—	$610 – $610
10	Anthem hmx facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$610	$610	—	—	—	$610 – $610
11	Anthem ppo/par facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$610	$610	—	—	—	$610 – $610
12	Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both	$648	$648	—	—	—	$648 – $648
13	Carefirst managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both	$693	$693	—	—	—	$693 – $693
14	Anthem hmx professional · fee schedule · both	$821	$821	—	—	—	$821 – $821
15	Anthem hmo professional · fee schedule · both	$894	$894	—	—	—	$894 – $894
16	Anthem ppo/par professional · fee schedule · both	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
17	Cigna oap professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k
18	Cigna ppo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k
19	Kaiser commercial professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$2.3k	$2.3k	—	—	—	$2.3k – $2.3k
20	UnitedHealthcare all payer facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.5k	$6.5k	—	—	—	$6.5k – $6.5k
21	Carefirst hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.5k	$6.5k	—	—	—	$6.5k – $6.5k
22	Carefirst rpn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.5k	$6.5k	—	—	—	$6.5k – $6.5k
23	UnitedHealthcare options ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$7.1k	$7.1k	—	—	—	$7.1k – $7.1k
24	Cigna oap facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$7.7k	$7.7k	—	—	—	$7.7k – $7.7k
25	Aetna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient	$7.7k	$7.7k	—	—	—	$7.7k – $7.7k

Last updated: Apr 2, 2026

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