CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Adventist Health White Memorial

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$3,525

about 1.1× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $1,532–$4,895

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $3,525 Cash price $82 Hospital's list price $455

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

6 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	$553 - $12,299	17%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$553 - $9,697	17%
Aetnamajor	$652 - $5,823	20%
Cignamajor	$644 - $867	19%
Humanamajor	$553 - $4,208	17%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$840	25%
Bright Health	$4,840	145%
Health Net	$279 - $3,135	8%
Molina	$636 - $5,681	19%
+ 51 smaller / regional plans	$84 - $9,469

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

Excludes 9 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 82), 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 Adventist Health White Memorial 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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