CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Speare Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$1,486

about 0.4× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $261–$3,781

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $1,486 Cash price $1,268 Hospital's list price $2,045

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

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna UnitedHealthcareAetnaHumanaKaiser 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
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$7,188	215%
Cignamajor	$2,363	71%

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 1,268), 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 Speare 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

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Other Procedures at Speare Memorial Hospital

Compare: Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair at other NH hospitals

Weeks Medical Center · Lancaster $610
New London Hospital · New London $641
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $1,775
Cheshire Medical Center · Keene $2,235
Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network · Salem $2,803
Frisbie Memorial Hospital · Rochester $3,851
Elliot Hospital · Manchester $4,201
Catholic Medical Center · Manchester $4,936

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