CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$4,625

about 1.4× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $4,025–$8,650

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $4,625 Cash price $1,011 Hospital's list price $1,556

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$12,835	384%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$7,716 - $11,310	231%
Aetnamajor	$3,828 - $13,746	115%
Cignamajor	$4,011 - $16,275	120%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$7,292	218%
Health Net	$3,865 - $10,400	116%
Moda Health	$4,084	122%
PacificSource	$3,938	118%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$3,756

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 (about 1,011), 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 Legacy Salmon Creek 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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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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