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
ARTHRS KNE SRG MNISECTMY M/L
St. Paul, MN
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Fairview Bethesda Hospital’s median price of $1.7k is 51% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 20% 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: 6 payers, 30 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 | Ucare pmap fee schedule · both | $380.18 | $380.18 | $380.18 – $380.18 |
| 2 | Medica minnesota care/accessability/choice care government fee schedule · both | $396.70 | $396.70 | $396.70 – $396.70 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mn managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $424.47 | $424.47 | $424.47 – $424.47 |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $505.21 | $505.21 | $505.21 – $505.21 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $505.21 | $505.21 | $505.21 – $505.21 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $505.21 | $505.21 | $505.21 – $505.21 |
| 7 | Bcbs Mn medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $525.42 | $525.42 | $525.42 – $525.42 |
| 8 | Medica medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $543.26 | $543.26 | $543.26 – $543.26 |
| 9 | Ucare medicare advantage/msho fee schedule · both | $545.63 | $545.63 | $545.63 – $545.63 |
| 10 | Medica msho fee schedule · both | $553.51 | $553.51 | $553.51 – $553.51 |
| 11 | Ucare individual and family with m health fairview fee schedule · both | $1,333 | $1,333 | $1,333 – $1,333 |
| 12 | Ucare individual and family fee schedule · both | $1,404 | $1,404 | $1,404 – $1,404 |
| 13 | Medica bold fee schedule · both | $1,588 | $1,588 | $1,588 – $1,588 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · both | $1,624 | $1,624 | $1,624 – $1,624 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare core fee schedule · both | $1,624 | $1,624 | $1,624 – $1,624 |
| 16 | Medica vantage si fee schedule · both | $1,721 | $1,721 | $1,721 – $1,721 |
| 17 | Medica city of st paul and essential/uplan fee schedule · both | $1,765 | $1,765 | $1,765 – $1,765 |
| 18 | Medica individual and family, elect fee schedule · both | $1,765 | $1,765 | $1,765 – $1,765 |
| 19 | Medica choice fee schedule · both | $1,827 | $1,827 | $1,827 – $1,827 |
| 20 | Bcbs Mn aware federal fee schedule · both | $1,843 | $1,843 | $1,843 – $1,843 |
| 21 | Bcbs Mn commercial fee schedule · both | $1,876 | $1,876 | $1,876 – $1,876 |
| 22 | Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,230 | $3,230 | $3,230 – $3,230 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,230 | $3,230 | $3,230 – $3,230 |
| 24 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,230 | $3,230 | $3,230 – $3,230 |
| 25 | Ucare medicare advantage/msho fee schedule · outpatient | $3,278 | $3,278 | $3,278 – $3,278 |
Last updated: Jan 29, 2026
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