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
Livingston, NJ
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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center’s median price of $5.5k is 54% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 76% 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: 7 payers, 15 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 | Bcbs Nj nj health fee schedule · outpatient | $471.44 | $471.44 | $471.44 – $471.44 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,640 | $3,640 | $3,640 – $3,640 |
| 3 | Bcbs Nj medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,640 | $3,640 | $3,640 – $3,640 |
| 4 | Clover medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,640 | $3,640 | $3,640 – $3,640 |
| 5 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,640 | $3,640 | $3,640 – $3,640 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,713 | $3,713 | $3,713 – $3,713 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare oxford metro case rate · outpatient | $5,145 | $5,145 | $5,145 – $5,145 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare nexus case rate · outpatient | $5,463 | $5,463 | $5,463 – $5,463 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare oxford commercial case rate · outpatient | $6,053 | $6,053 | $6,053 – $6,053 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $6,427 | $6,427 | $6,427 – $6,427 |
| 11 | WellCare ambetter health commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $7,244 | $7,244 | $7,244 – $7,244 |
| 12 | Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient | $7,605 | $7,605 | $7,605 – $7,605 |
| 13 | Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient | $7,605 | $7,605 | $7,605 – $7,605 |
| 14 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $22,301 | $22,301 | $22,301 – $22,301 |
| 15 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $23,489 | $23,489 | $23,489 – $23,489 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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