CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Lower Keys Medical Center

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$4,442

about 1.3× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $2,897–$7,155

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$3,601

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $841 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $4,442 This hospital $3,601 Cash price $13,900 Hospital's list price $51,481

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

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

Cheapest $749 Priciest $3,601

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 $4,442 (about 1.3× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Lower Keys Medical Center charges insurers about $3,601, or about $13,900 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Key West, FL.

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	$62 - $39,589	2%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,601 - $63,496	108%
Aetnamajor	$35,934	1075%
Cignamajor	$30,374	909%
Humanamajor	$2,169 - $3,601	65%
Amerigroup	$2,316	69%
AvMed	$43,759	1309%
Molina	$2,379	71%
Simply Healthcare	$2,316 - $3,000	69%
WellCare	$2,316	69%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$2,105 - $51,481

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

Excludes 5 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 13,900), 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 Lower Keys Medical Center 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 Lower Keys Medical Center

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