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
New Brunswick, NJ
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick’s median price of $6.9k is 93% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 85% 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, 16 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 | Bcbs Nj nj health fee schedule · outpatient | $428.84 | $428.84 | $428.84 – $428.84 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,765 | $3,765 | $3,765 – $3,765 |
| 3 | Bcbs Nj medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,765 | $3,765 | $3,765 – $3,765 |
| 4 | Clover medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,765 | $3,765 | $3,765 – $3,765 |
| 5 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,765 | $3,765 | $3,765 – $3,765 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,840 | $3,840 | $3,840 – $3,840 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare oxford metro case rate · outpatient | $5,739 | $5,739 | $5,739 – $5,739 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare nexus case rate · outpatient | $6,060 | $6,060 | $6,060 – $6,060 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare oxford commercial case rate · outpatient | $6,752 | $6,752 | $6,752 – $6,752 |
| 10 | Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,992 | $6,992 | $6,992 – $6,992 |
| 11 | Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient | $6,992 | $6,992 | $6,992 – $6,992 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $7,129 | $7,129 | $7,129 – $7,129 |
| 13 | WellCare ambetter health commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $7,492 | $7,492 | $7,492 – $7,492 |
| 14 | Bcbs Nj state benefit plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $13,601 | $13,601 | $13,601 – $13,601 |
| 15 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $22,343 | $22,343 | $22,343 – $22,343 |
| 16 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $23,533 | $23,533 | $23,533 – $23,533 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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