CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$5,291

about 1.6× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $3,802–$8,181

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$3,816

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $1,475 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $5,291 This hospital $3,816 Cash price $14,690 Hospital's list price $69,950

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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 $3,816

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 $5,291 (about 1.6× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge charges insurers about $3,816, or about $14,690 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Naples, 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	$1,380 - $16,928	41%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,362 - $29,041	101%
Aetnamajor	$3,362 - $46,447	101%
Cignamajor	$11,957	358%
Humanamajor	$1,422 - $3,362	43%
Ambetter (Centene)	$8,713	261%
Amerigroup	$1,505	45%
AvMed	$26,581	795%
HealthPartners	$17,597	526%
Simply Healthcare	$1,463 - $3,000	44%
WellCare	$1,449 - $3,519	43%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$1,380 - $8,542

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

Excludes 3 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 14,690), 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 Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge 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 Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge

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