CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Range Regional Health Services

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,982

about 0.9× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $1,387–$3,223

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $2,982 Cash price $543 Hospital's list price $1,279

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$505 - $3,133	15%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$424 - $5,494	13%
HealthPartners	$373 - $3,321	11%
Medica	$397 - $3,321	12%
Sanford Health Plan	$53 - $3,133	2%
Security Health Plan	$66 - $3,133	2%
UCare	$530 - $6,148	16%
WellCare	$505 - $3,133	15%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$81 - $3,133

Excludes 4 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 543), 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 Range Regional Health Services 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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