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Knee Arthroscopy/Surgery - 29881 - OR36029881
Dallas, TX
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Dallas Medical Center’s median price of $3.3k is 8% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 39% 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: 9 payers, 24 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 | Aetna aetna commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna workers compensation case rate · outpatient | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs blue essentials medicare-hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield triwest bcbs fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 7 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring mmp (dual-eligible) fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 9 | Humana choice care humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 10 | Humana humana military tricare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 11 | Superior Healthplan superior health plan medicare advantage/mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 12 | Tricare tricare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 14 | WellCare wellcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,271 | $3,271 | $3,271 – $3,271 |
| 15 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring medicare advantage ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,369 | $3,369 | $3,369 – $3,369 |
| 16 | Molina molina medicare advantage/mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $3,434 | $3,434 | $3,434 – $3,434 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,485 | $3,485 | $3,485 – $3,485 |
| 18 | Superior Healthplan superior health plan commercial exchange-epo/hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $4,252 | $4,252 | $4,252 – $4,252 |
| 19 | Molina molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $5,070 | $5,070 | $5,070 – $5,070 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $5,397 | $5,397 | $5,397 – $5,397 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo advantage case rate · outpatient | $7,336 | $7,336 | $7,336 – $7,336 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo case rate · outpatient | $9,773 | $9,773 | $9,773 – $9,773 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo case rate · outpatient | $10,868 | $10,868 | $10,868 – $10,868 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs traditional case rate · outpatient | $10,868 | $10,868 | $10,868 – $10,868 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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