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
ARTHROSCOPY, KNEE, SURGICAL; WITH MENISCECTOMY (MEDIAL OR LATERAL, INCLUDING ANY MENISCAL SHAVING) INCLUDING DEBRIDEMENT/SHAVING OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE (CHONDROPLASTY), SAME OR SEPARATE COMPARTMENT(S), WHEN PERFORMED
Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $3.0k is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 28% of the 2,114 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, 6 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 facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,944 | $2,944 | $2,944 – $2,944 |
| 2 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,036 | $3,036 | $3,036 – $3,036 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,036 | $3,036 | $3,036 – $3,036 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,036 | $3,036 | $3,036 – $3,036 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,187 | $3,187 | $3,187 – $3,187 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,218 | $3,218 | $3,218 – $3,218 |
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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