CPT 29881

Knee arthroscopy

Same-day scope. A classic cash-shop vs hospital-outpatient fight.

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Your cash sticker$8,578

Typical commercial / insured$14,043

Medicare-like yardstick$4,416

Rack rate if you have no deal$19,660

Insured markup on this quote: $5,465 (64%) above cash. Quality score 70/100 at California Community Hospital (model). This episode is tagged modeled from anchors.

Full-service community hospital (model). The default local option.

Evidence on this page. Commercial prices vs Medicare, by state · Cash menus beat insured allowed amounts — when they exist — see the evidence ledger. Hospitals are archetypes (academic / community / ASC), not named facilities. Coastal flagships: wage + bargaining power, not just ‘better care.’

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