CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,569

about 1.1× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $1,958–$5,391

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $3,569 Hospital's list price $2,274

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$6,914 - $8,719	207%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$10,414 - $13,172	312%
Aetnamajor	$9,869 - $10,965	295%
Cignamajor	$7,268	217%
Geisinger	$13,412	401%
MagnaCare	$8,264 - $8,760	247%
Molina	$4,268	128%
MVP Health Care	$4,064 - $13,815	122%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$4,064 - $7,599

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Military & VA.

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, 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 Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern 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.

Other Procedures at Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern

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