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.
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KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY
Santa Ana, CA
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Orange County Global Medical Center’s median price of $4.2k is 18% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 64% 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: 9 payers, 17 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 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $790.35 | $790.35 | $790.35 – $790.35 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna all commercial payers facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,305 | $3,305 | $3,305 – $3,305 |
| 3 | Tricare champus tricare prime/extra standard facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,040 | $4,040 | $4,040 – $4,040 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna sr facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,188 | $4,188 | $4,188 – $4,188 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield 65 sr hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,188 | $4,188 | $4,188 – $4,188 |
| 6 | Humana humana medicare advantage hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,188 | $4,188 | $4,188 – $4,188 |
| 7 | Kaiser kaiser senior hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,188 | $4,188 | $4,188 – $4,188 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare sr facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,188 | $4,188 | $4,188 – $4,188 |
| 9 | MultiPlan multiplan wc facility · other · outpatient | $5,485 | $5,485 | $5,485 – $5,485 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare monarch health plan/united healthcare facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,590 | $5,590 | $5,590 – $5,590 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,022 | $6,022 | $6,022 – $6,022 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all payers facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,232 | $6,232 | $6,232 – $6,232 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna hmo facility · other · outpatient | $8,806 | $8,806 | $8,806 – $8,806 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna ppo facility · other · outpatient | $8,806 | $8,806 | $8,806 – $8,806 |
| 15 | Bcbs Ca blue shield ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15,955 | $15,955 | $15,955 – $15,955 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15,955 | $15,955 | $15,955 – $15,955 |
| 17 | MultiPlan multiplan ppo facility · other · outpatient | $35,000 | $35,000 | $35,000 – $35,000 |
Last updated: Jun 15, 2026
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