CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,376

about 1.0× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $2,770–$5,465

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $3,376 Cash price $1,683 Hospital's list price $2,805

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldCignaKaiser 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	$3,152	94%
Aetnamajor	$3,215 - $4,885	96%
Humanamajor	$3,310	99%
Ambetter (Centene)	$5,516	165%
Clover Health	$3,246	97%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$4,570

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 1,683), 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 Phoebe Putney Memorial 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

Compare: Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair at other GA hospitals

Atrium Health Navicent Peach · Byron $667
Shepherd Center, Inc. · Atlanta $801
Grady Memorial Hospital · Atlanta $896
Navicent Health Baldwin · Milledgeville $1,980
Atrium Health Navicent Rehabilitation Hopsital · Macon $2,187
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center · Macon $2,201
Morgan Medical Center · Madison $2,344
Tift Regional Medical Center · Tifton $3,017

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