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
LULING, LA
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Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $3.0k is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 27% 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: 10 payers, 11 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 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $661.50 | $661.50 | $661.50 – $661.50 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $681.35 | $681.35 | $681.35 – $681.35 |
| 3 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,503 | $1,503 | $1,503 – $1,503 |
| 4 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,999 | $1,999 | $1,168 – $2,830 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,973 | $2,205 | $661.50 – $2,979 |
| 6 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,207 | $661.50 – $2,979 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,262 | $2,262 | $1,545 – $2,979 |
| 8 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,398 | $2,398 | $2,398 – $2,398 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,979 | $2,979 – $2,979 |
| 10 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,979 | $2,979 – $2,979 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5,050 | $5,152 | $5,050 – $5,660 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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