CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Kettering Health Main Campus

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$7,416

about 2.2× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $3,850–$10,459

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$8,152

About the fair price

about $736 over the fair price · 2.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $7,416 This hospital $8,152

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How this hospital compares to other OH hospitals

Highest price of the 9 OH hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $497 Priciest $8,152

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OH hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair is about $7,416 (about 2.2× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Kettering Health Main Campus charges insurers about $8,152 — about the fair price. Located in Kettering, OH.

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	$5,003 - $10,499	150%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$4,821 - $11,110	144%
Aetnamajor	$3,224 - $14,015	96%
Cignamajor	$18,609	557%
CareSource	$4,983	149%
Medical Mutual	$7,642 - $10,917	229%
Molina	$3,385 - $6,694	101%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$6,770 - $8,661

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 Kettering Health Main Campus 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 Kettering Health Main Campus

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