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
Somerville, NJ
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset’s median price of $7.2k is 104% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 86% 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, 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 | Bcbs Nj nj health fee schedule · outpatient | $428.84 | $428.84 | $428.84 – $428.84 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,546 | $3,546 | $3,546 – $3,546 |
| 3 | Bcbs Nj medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,546 | $3,546 | $3,546 – $3,546 |
| 4 | Clover medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,546 | $3,546 | $3,546 – $3,546 |
| 5 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,546 | $3,546 | $3,546 – $3,546 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,617 | $3,617 | $3,617 – $3,617 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare oxford metro case rate · outpatient | $5,599 | $5,599 | $5,599 – $5,599 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare oxford commercial case rate · outpatient | $6,645 | $6,645 | $6,645 – $6,645 |
| 9 | WellCare ambetter health commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $7,056 | $7,056 | $7,056 – $7,056 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare nexus case rate · outpatient | $7,064 | $7,064 | $7,064 – $7,064 |
| 11 | Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient | $7,991 | $7,991 | $7,991 – $7,991 |
| 12 | Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient | $7,991 | $7,991 | $7,991 – $7,991 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $8,043 | $8,043 | $8,043 – $8,043 |
| 14 | Bcbs Nj omnia percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11,440 | $11,440 | $11,440 – $11,440 |
| 15 | Cigna local plus case rate · outpatient | $16,448 | $16,448 | $16,448 – $16,448 |
| 16 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $20,900 | $20,900 | $20,900 – $20,900 |
| 17 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $22,013 | $22,013 | $22,013 – $22,013 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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