CMS Price Transparency Data

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

Facility: Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc

Billing Code: 29881 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$2,196

about 0.7× the $3,343 Medicare rate · typically $412–$3,364

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,343 Fair price $2,196 Cash price $1,659 Hospital's list price $1,659

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✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$390 - $1,327	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$369 - $864	11%
Aetnamajor	$369 - $1,626	11%
Humanamajor	$390 - $1,493	12%
CareSource	$369 - $1,327	11%
UniCare	$369	11%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$332 - $1,493

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (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 1,659), 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 Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc

Compare: Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair at other WV hospitals

Charleston Area Medical Center · Charleston $505
St Marys Medical Center · Huntington $791
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc · Huntington $791
Boone Memorial Hospital · Madison $2,454
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc · Glen Dale $3,248
Camden Clark Medical Center · Parkersburg $3,279
Wheeling Hospital, Inc · Wheeling $3,307
Berkeley Medical Center · Martinsburg $3,369

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