CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Los Alamos Medical Center

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$4,796

about 1.4× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $2,269–$8,549

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $4,796 Cash price $20,069 Hospital's list price $33,448

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What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield UnitedHealthcareAetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$16,255	486%

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 20,069), 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 Los Alamos Medical 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 Los Alamos Medical Center

Compare: Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair at other NM hospitals

Gila Regional Medical Center · Silver City $1,604
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center · Roswell $3,347
Mountain View Regional Medical Center · Las Cruces $3,347
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital · Hobbs $3,408
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center · Santa Fe $3,424
UNM Hospital · Albuquerque $3,546
Carlsbad Medical Center · Carlsbad $3,960
Presbyterian Hospital · Albuquerque $5,669

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