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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Knee arthroscopy/surgery
Lubbock, TX
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Covenant Medical Center’s median price of $4.6k is 28% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 67% 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: 5 payers, 13 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 | Phcs all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,600 | $2,600 | $2,600 – $2,600 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,287 | $3,287 | $3,287 – $3,287 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,468 | $3,468 | $3,468 – $3,468 |
| 4 | Aetna new business tier 1 other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $4,039 | $4,039 | $4,039 – $4,039 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $4,188 | $4,188 | $4,188 – $4,188 |
| 6 | Aetna preferred other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $4,828 | $4,828 | $3,232 – $6,424 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield par traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $4,845 | $4,845 | $4,845 – $4,845 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ers blue essentials for healthselect members hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $5,557 | $5,557 | $5,557 – $5,557 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $5,803 | $5,803 | $5,803 – $5,803 |
| 10 | Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6,415 | $6,415 | $6,415 – $6,415 |
| 11 | Cigna oap fee schedule · outpatient | $6,976 | $6,976 | $6,976 – $6,976 |
| 12 | Cigna new buisness other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7,790 | $7,790 | $7,790 – $7,790 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10,128 | $10,128 | $10,128 – $10,128 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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