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
Red Bluff, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $4.1k is 15% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 62% of the 1,961 hospitals reporting CPT 29877. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 8 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|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $979 | $979 | — | — | — | $979 – $979 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 3 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 5 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 6 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 8 | Anthem commercial|all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $19.2k | $19.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $19.2k – $19.2k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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