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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ARTHRS KNE SRG MNISECTMY M/L
Santa Monica, CA
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Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital’s median price of $4.5k is 28% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 67% 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: 5 payers, 9 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $4,123 | $4,123 | $4,123 – $4,123 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $4,123 | $4,123 | $4,123 – $4,123 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $4,208 | $4,208 | $4,208 – $4,208 |
| 4 | Anthem all products-hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $4,492 | $4,492 | $4,492 – $4,492 |
| 5 | Anthem hmo-noncity of la fee schedule · outpatient | $5,041 | $5,041 | $5,041 – $5,041 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield epn case rate · outpatient | $7,416 | $7,416 | $7,416 – $7,416 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all products case rate · outpatient | $9,890 | $9,890 | $9,890 – $9,890 |
| 8 | Anthem all products case rate · outpatient | $11,883 | $11,883 | $11,883 – $11,883 |
| 9 | Optum medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $12,078 | $12,078 | $12,078 – $12,078 |
Last updated: Mar 29, 2026
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