CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Grove City Medical Center

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$701

about 0.2× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $686–$1,304

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$717

About the fair price

about $16 over the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $701 This hospital $717 Cash price $354 Hospital's list price $1,538

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

A typical price — 2 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 PA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $606 Priciest $785

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

A fair price for a Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair is about $701 (about 0.2× the $3,343 Medicare rate). Grove City Medical Center charges insurers about $717, or about $354 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Grove City, PA.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$788 - $9,461	24%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$676 - $6,446	20%
Aetnamajor	$544 - $6,639	16%
Cignamajor	$868 - $8,888	26%
Humanamajor	$3,309	99%
AmeriHealth	$571 - $3,277	17%
Geisinger	$788 - $1,491	24%
Medical Mutual	$8,888	266%
Molina	$3,402	102%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$58 - $3,184

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 354), 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 Grove City 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 Grove City Medical Center

Compare: Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair at other PA hospitals

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