Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair
Facility: Merit Health River Oaks
Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $3,013 compared to the $3,656 fair price benchmark.
1-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.82× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 MS hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: 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 $3,656 (about 1.1× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Merit Health River Oaks charges insurers about $3,013, or about $16,419 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Flowood, MS.
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
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 | $2,473 - $24,355 | 74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $1,756 | 53% |
| Aetnamajor | $2,994 - $63,852 | 90% |
| Cignamajor | $18,152 | 543% |
| Humanamajor | $2,907 | 87% |
| CareSource | $2,522 | 75% |
| Devoted Health | $2,965 | 89% |
| Molina | $2,670 - $4,447 | 80% |
| WellCare | $3,013 | 90% |
| + 26 smaller / regional plans | $1,688 - $82,095 |
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Other Procedures at Merit Health River Oaks
Compare: Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair at other MS hospitals
- Highland Hills Medical Center · Senatobia $535
- North Sunflower Medical Center Cah · Ruleville $541
- Monroe Regional Hospital · Aberdeen $964
- S E Lackey Memorial Hospital · Forest $1,014
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County · Starkville $1,825
- Merit Health Wesley · Hattiesburg $2,917
- Singing River Gulfport · Gulfport $2,919
- Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $2,977
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Merit Health River Oaks (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $33,112
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $33,112).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($16,419) Beats Your Bill
Merit Health River Oaks's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $16,419 (vs. $3,013 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $3,656 Fair BaseRate ($3,343 Medicare)
Your bill ($91,217) is $87,561 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($3,656) and 27.3× the $3,343 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.