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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Knee arthroscopy to remove joint lining in two or more areas

CPT 29876the billing code this page is about

Keyhole knee surgery that removes inflamed joint lining from at least two of the knee's compartments in the same session.

Hospitals typically charge $2,960 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 843 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,046. Most fall between $1,310 and $6,545 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
843
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 843 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$945$1,430$2,960$5,232$10,464

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($945 vs $10,464).

How the prices are spread

$684 – $937: 41 hospitals$684$937 – $1,282: 85 hospitals$1,282 – $1,755: 121 hospitals$1,282$1,755 – $2,401: 97 hospitals$2,401 – $3,287: 78 hospitals$2,401$3,287 – $4,499: 125 hospitals$4,499 – $6,158: 76 hospitals$4,499$6,158 – $8,428: 63 hospitals$8,428 – $11,535: 42 hospitals$8,428$11,535 – $15,788: 31 hospitals$11,535median $2,960price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (759 of 843 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$684$93741
$937$1,28285
$1,282$1,755121
$1,755$2,40197
$2,401$3,28778
$3,287$4,499125
$4,499$6,15876
$6,158$8,42863
$8,428$11,53542
$11,535$15,78831

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,960
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.89×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,960.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,441 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,441New Hampshire: median $857 across 12 hospitalsNH$857Washington: median $2,161 across 18 hospitalsWA$2,161Idaho: median $1,636 across 17 hospitalsID$1,636Montana: median $1,625 across 12 hospitalsMT$1,625North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,521 across 33 hospitalsMN$3,521Illinois: median $2,308 across 32 hospitalsIL$2,308Wisconsin: median $3,431 across 38 hospitalsWI$3,431Michigan: median $1,800 across 39 hospitalsMI$1,800New York: median $3,840 across 58 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,558 across 22 hospitalsOR$1,558Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,608 across 29 hospitalsIA$1,608Indiana: median $1,560 across 23 hospitalsIN$1,560Ohio: median $3,080 across 31 hospitalsOH$3,080Pennsylvania: median $2,394 across 28 hospitalsPA$2,394New Jersey: median $4,233 across 34 hospitalsNJ$4,233Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,113 across 61 hospitalsCA$2,113Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,584 across 12 hospitalsCO$1,584Nebraska: median $1,998 across 20 hospitalsNE$1,998Missouri: median $3,078 across 26 hospitalsMO$3,078Kentucky: median $1,358 across 12 hospitalsKY$1,358West Virginia: median $1,795 across 19 hospitalsWV$1,795Virginia: median $2,228 across 13 hospitalsVA$2,228Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,015 across 11 hospitalsAZ$4,015New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,480 across 22 hospitalsKS$1,480Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,596 across 12 hospitalsTN$1,596North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,370 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,370Louisiana: median $4,021 across 11 hospitalsLA$4,021Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,170 across 14 hospitalsAL$3,170Georgia: median $8,718 across 12 hospitalsGA$8,718Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,824 across 40 hospitalsTX$4,824Florida: median $7,794 across 16 hospitalsFL$7,794
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,960. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA12$8,718+195%$7,155 – $11,913
Florida FL16$7,794+163%$2,306 – $14,182
Texas TX40$4,824+63%$2,731 – $9,191
New Jersey NJ34$4,233+43%$3,591 – $5,741
Louisiana LA11$4,021+36%$2,574 – $8,408
Arizona AZ11$4,015+36%$1,102 – $13,329
New York NY58$3,840+30%$1,126 – $4,595
Minnesota MN33$3,521+19%$1,528 – $5,043
Wisconsin WI38$3,431+16%$3,237 – $7,220
Alabama AL14$3,170+7%$1,849 – $14,374
Ohio OH31$3,080+4%$1,619 – $15,794
Missouri MO26$3,078+4%$1,020 – $11,148
Pennsylvania PA28$2,394−19%$426 – $5,486
Illinois IL32$2,308−22%$1,242 – $11,787
Virginia VA13$2,228−25%$440 – $12,160
Washington WA18$2,161−27%$1,250 – $3,936
California CA61$2,113−29%$1,472 – $4,340
Nebraska NE20$1,998−32%$1,059 – $3,550
Michigan MI39$1,800−39%$1,189 – $3,431
West Virginia WV19$1,795−39%$692 – $5,938
Idaho ID17$1,636−45%$1,202 – $6,877
Montana MT12$1,625−45%$1,173 – $3,055
Iowa IA29$1,608−46%$1,394 – $1,967
Tennessee TN12$1,596−46%$857 – $5,186
Colorado CO12$1,584−46%$1,121 – $6,063
Indiana IN23$1,560−47%$836 – $7,089
Oregon OR22$1,558−47%$1,217 – $2,168
Kansas KS22$1,480−50%$934 – $3,519
Vermont VT10$1,441−51%$1,028 – $1,795
Oklahoma OK16$1,370−54%$1,370 – $6,568
Kentucky KY12$1,358−54%$1,011 – $3,893
New Hampshire NH12$857−71%$559 – $1,539
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,960.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care588$3,431$1,443 – $7,344
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access238$1,708$1,082 – $3,832
Ownership
For-profit103$4,720$1,974 – $11,876
Government155$2,064$1,182 – $4,523
Non-profit584$2,827$1,217 – $5,756
System affiliation
Part of a system619$3,382$1,370 – $6,960
Independent224$2,142$1,159 – $4,720

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,601
Median cash price$2,960
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

381 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,841 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,275; most fall between $1,143 and $4,352.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 381 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$919$1,234$1,841$4,340$7,220

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($919 vs $7,220).

Of the 432 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 381 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

843 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 940 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted843
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code940

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthroscopy Knee Synovectomy 2/>Compartments.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Knee arthroscopy to remove joint lining in two or more areas (CPT 29876) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29876-knee-arthroscopy-to-remove-joint-lining-in-two-or-more-areas