CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Cloud County Health Center

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$1,616

about 0.5× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $561–$4,582

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$634

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $982 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $1,616 This hospital $634 Cash price $1,240 Hospital's list price $1,772

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How this hospital compares to other KS hospitals

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

Cheapest $483 Priciest $634

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

A fair price for a Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair is about $1,616 (about 0.5× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Cloud County Health Center charges insurers about $634, or about $1,240 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Concordia, KS.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

UnitedHealthcareBlue Cross Blue ShieldAetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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
No insurance-company prices are published for this procedure.
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$634

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,240), 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 Cloud County Health 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 Cloud County Health Center

Compare: Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair at other KS hospitals

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