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
Hamilton, OH
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Fort Hamilton Hospital’s median price of $8.2k is 130% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 91% 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, 14 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 medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,244 | $3,244 | $3,244 – $3,244 |
| 2 | Molina medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,406 | $3,406 | $3,406 – $3,406 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem pathway hmox exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $4,893 | $4,893 | $4,893 – $4,893 |
| 4 | Caresource marketplace exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $5,014 | $5,014 | $5,014 – $5,014 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $5,034 | $5,034 | $5,034 – $5,034 |
| 6 | Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $6,735 | $6,735 | $6,735 – $6,735 |
| 7 | Medical Mutual new buisness other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7,642 | $7,642 | $7,642 – $7,642 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10,499 | $10,499 | $10,499 – $10,499 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare employee fee schedule · outpatient | $10,499 | $10,499 | $10,499 – $10,499 |
| 10 | Medical Mutual ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $10,917 | $10,917 | $10,917 – $10,917 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem - blue access/blue preferred hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $11,275 | $11,275 | $11,275 – $11,275 |
| 12 | Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $14,015 | $14,015 | $14,015 – $14,015 |
| 13 | Aetna new business/oh ky preferred other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $14,015 | $14,015 | $14,015 – $14,015 |
| 14 | Cigna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $18,609 | $18,609 | $18,609 – $18,609 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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