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
Shreveport, LA
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Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $3.0k is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 28% 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, 12 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 | $679.83 | $679.83 | $679.83 – $679.83 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $679.83 | $679.83 | $679.83 – $679.83 |
| 3 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,701 | $1,701 | $1,701 – $1,701 |
| 4 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,802 | $1,802 | $1,802 – $1,802 |
| 5 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,835 | $1,835 | $679.83 – $2,991 |
| 6 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $2,397 | $2,397 | $2,397 – $2,397 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,694 | $2,694 | $2,397 – $2,991 |
| 8 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $2,886 | $2,886 | $2,886 – $2,886 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,991 | $2,991 | $2,991 – $2,991 |
| 10 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,991 | $2,991 | $2,991 – $2,991 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,991 | $3,720 | $679.83 – $6,659 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $3,685 | $3,823 | $3,685 – $4,235 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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