CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Flowers Hospital

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,231

about 1.0× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $2,669–$3,262

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$3,164

About the fair price

about $67 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $3,231 This hospital $3,164 Cash price $11,044 Hospital's list price $73,628

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How this hospital compares to other AL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 AL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $516 Priciest $3,164

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair is about $3,231 (about 1.0× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Flowers Hospital charges insurers about $3,164, or about $11,044 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Dothan, AL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$3,102 - $7,164	93%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,102 - $3,273	93%
Aetnamajor	$3,194 - $56,222	96%
Cignamajor	$2,641 - $3,164	79%
Humanamajor	$3,102	93%
Ambetter (Centene)	$4,728	141%
Clover Health	$3,184	95%
Devoted Health	$3,164	95%
SelectHealth	$3,133	94%
WellCare	$3,215	96%
+ 25 smaller / regional plans	$441 - $66,265

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 11,044), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 29881.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Flowers Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 29881.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Flowers Hospital

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.