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
Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’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 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $700.22 | $700.22 | $700.22 – $700.22 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $700.22 | $700.22 | $700.22 – $700.22 |
| 3 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $2,074 | $2,074 | $1,168 – $2,979 |
| 4 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,213 | $679.83 – $2,979 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,398 | $2,398 | $2,398 – $2,398 |
| 6 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,979 | $2,979 – $2,979 |
| 7 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,979 | $2,979 – $2,979 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $11,347 | $8,182 | $679.83 – $12,519 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8,344 | $8,600 | $7,922 – $9,514 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $9,912 | $9,912 | $9,912 – $9,912 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $13,686 | $13,686 | $13,686 – $13,686 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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