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Procedure price report · Excision of semilunar cartilage of knee

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair, one side

CPT 29882the billing code this page is about

Keyhole knee surgery stitching a torn meniscus cushion on either the inner or the outer side of the knee.

Hospitals typically charge $3,364 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 954 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,664. Most fall between $1,448 and $8,827 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
954
States
50
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 954 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
$1,076$1,641$3,364$6,761$18,000

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,076 vs $18,000).

How the prices are spread

$737 – $1,061: 45 hospitals$737$1,061 – $1,527: 133 hospitals$1,527 – $2,198: 135 hospitals$1,527$2,198 – $3,164: 91 hospitals$3,164 – $4,555: 150 hospitals$3,164$4,555 – $6,557: 111 hospitals$6,557 – $9,438: 68 hospitals$6,557$9,438 – $13,587: 47 hospitals$13,587 – $19,559: 40 hospitals$13,587$19,559 – $28,155: 41 hospitals$19,559median $3,364price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (861 of 954 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$737$1,06145
$1,061$1,527133
$1,527$2,198135
$2,198$3,16491
$3,164$4,555150
$4,555$6,557111
$6,557$9,43868
$9,438$13,58747
$13,587$19,55940
$19,559$28,15541

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$3,364
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

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 $3,364.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: median $1,531 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,531New Hampshire: median $1,160 across 11 hospitalsNH$1,160Washington: median $2,300 across 28 hospitalsWA$2,300Idaho: median $6,118 across 17 hospitalsID$6,118Montana: median $2,050 across 11 hospitalsMT$2,050North Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,770 across 39 hospitalsMN$2,770Illinois: median $2,453 across 40 hospitalsIL$2,453Wisconsin: median $3,619 across 38 hospitalsWI$3,619Michigan: median $1,875 across 42 hospitalsMI$1,875New York: median $3,840 across 61 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: median $9,152 across 10 hospitalsMA$9,152Oregon: median $1,886 across 24 hospitalsOR$1,886Nevada: 6 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 $1,704 across 40 hospitalsIA$1,704Indiana: median $3,756 across 25 hospitalsIN$3,756Ohio: median $15,412 across 40 hospitalsOH$15,412Pennsylvania: median $3,345 across 29 hospitalsPA$3,345New Jersey: median $4,233 across 34 hospitalsNJ$4,233Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,398 across 61 hospitalsCA$3,398Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,704 across 14 hospitalsCO$1,704Nebraska: median $2,186 across 23 hospitalsNE$2,186Missouri: median $5,071 across 35 hospitalsMO$5,071Kentucky: median $1,309 across 12 hospitalsKY$1,309West Virginia: median $2,562 across 21 hospitalsWV$2,562Virginia: median $8,089 across 16 hospitalsVA$8,089Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,208 across 12 hospitalsAZ$3,208New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,059 across 24 hospitalsKS$2,059Arkansas: median $2,986 across 13 hospitalsAR$2,986Tennessee: median $4,091 across 12 hospitalsTN$4,091North Carolina: median $4,747 across 14 hospitalsNC$4,747South Carolina: median $4,523 across 11 hospitalsSC$4,523Oklahoma: median $1,448 across 18 hospitalsOK$1,448Louisiana: median $7,669 across 17 hospitalsLA$7,669Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,170 across 15 hospitalsAL$3,170Georgia: median $11,309 across 12 hospitalsGA$11,309Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,742 across 43 hospitalsTX$5,742Florida: median $11,597 across 16 hospitalsFL$11,597
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,364. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH40$15,412+358%$2,414 – $36,515
Florida FL16$11,597+245%$2,746 – $21,540
Georgia GA12$11,309+236%$2,678 – $11,309
Massachusetts MA10$9,152+172%$1,401 – $25,755
Virginia VA16$8,089+140%$1,857 – $27,434
Louisiana LA17$7,669+128%$3,822 – $11,796
Idaho ID17$6,118+82%$1,391 – $6,877
Texas TX43$5,742+71%$2,794 – $10,171
Missouri MO35$5,071+51%$1,101 – $18,960
North Carolina NC14$4,747+41%$1,772 – $6,989
South Carolina SC11$4,523+34%$3,614 – $23,969
New Jersey NJ34$4,233+26%$3,591 – $6,311
Tennessee TN12$4,091+22%$912 – $10,536
New York NY61$3,840+14%$1,917 – $4,595
Indiana IN25$3,756+12%$1,309 – $13,263
Wisconsin WI38$3,619+8%$3,332 – $5,469
California CA61$3,398+1%$1,472 – $6,014
Pennsylvania PA29$3,345−1%$449 – $6,114
Arizona AZ12$3,208−5%$1,076 – $15,258
Alabama AL15$3,170−6%$1,966 – $21,394
Arkansas AR13$2,986−11%$1,393 – $9,089
Minnesota MN39$2,770−18%$1,724 – $5,034
West Virginia WV21$2,562−24%$757 – $6,985
Illinois IL40$2,453−27%$1,309 – $9,176
Washington WA28$2,300−32%$1,464 – $7,674
Nebraska NE23$2,186−35%$1,230 – $5,760
Kansas KS24$2,059−39%$986 – $4,316
Montana MT11$2,050−39%$1,305 – $2,710
Oregon OR24$1,886−44%$1,281 – $2,290
Michigan MI42$1,875−44%$1,487 – $10,344
Colorado CO14$1,704−49%$1,168 – $7,138
Iowa IA40$1,704−49%$1,661 – $2,526
Vermont VT10$1,531−54%$469 – $2,519
Oklahoma OK18$1,448−57%$1,448 – $9,441
Kentucky KY12$1,309−61%$854 – $8,800
New Hampshire NH11$1,160−66%$605 – $2,675
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $3,364.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care656$3,840$1,555 – $11,562
Children’s23$4,240$1,727 – $8,944
Critical access273$2,059$1,229 – $5,034
Ownership
For-profit112$6,046$2,414 – $17,715
Government180$2,153$1,339 – $5,692
Non-profit660$3,418$1,448 – $7,682
System affiliation
Part of a system713$3,619$1,472 – $10,344
Independent241$2,250$1,255 – $5,908

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,224
Median cash price$3,364
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

414 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,003 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,540; most fall between $1,186 and $5,742.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 414 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
$806$1,309$2,003$4,528$7,682

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($806 vs $7,682).

Of the 463 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 414 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 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

954 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,056 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted954
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded31
Hospitals that filed this code1,056

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 Excision of semilunar cartilage of knee family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthroscopy Knee W/Meniscus Rpr Medial/Lateral.

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 with meniscus repair, one side (CPT 29882) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29882-knee-arthroscopy-with-meniscus-repair-one-side