CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Pulaski Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$597

about 0.2× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $573–$3,192

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$494

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $103 under the fair price · 0.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $597 This hospital $494 Cash price $741 Hospital's list price $1,059

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How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

One of the lower prices — 5 of 8 other IN hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $474 Priciest $593

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

A fair price for a Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair is about $597 (about 0.2× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Pulaski Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $494, or about $741 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Winamac, IN.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$469 - $494	14%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$474 - $835	14%
Cignamajor	$835	25%
Humanamajor	$474 - $640	14%
Ambetter (Centene)	$474	14%
CareSource	$474 - $593	14%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$474 - $1,087

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 741), 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 Pulaski 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.

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Other Procedures at Pulaski Memorial Hospital

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