Surgery and procedures CPT 29880 Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy (both menisci) cost in Dallas, TX

In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, 10 hospitals list a cash price for knee arthroscopy with removal of both torn meniscus parts: from $2,646.00 to $22,972.81, with a median of $3,270.00. The lowest listed price is at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown — $624.00 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $5,706.11 at 45 hospitals.

  • The median here, $3,270.00, is 42% below the US median of $5,642.80.
  • 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 29880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Oct 16, 2026.

Lowest$2,646.00Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown
Median$3,270.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,972.81in this market
Difference8.7×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

median
Lowest $2,646.00Highest $22,972.81

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown lowest Dallas, TX · (214) 443-3000 ARTHROSCOPY KNEE W/MEDIAL AND LATERAL MENISCECTOMY 29880 File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file $2,646.00 $4,410.00 $2,425.50–$8,427.00 40%
Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club Trophy Club, TX · (817) 837-4600 ARTHROSCOPY KNEE W/MEDIAL AND LATERAL MENISCECTOMY 29880 File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file $2,658.00 $4,430.00 $2,436.50–$8,427.00 40%
Eminent Medical Center Richardson, TX SURGICAL ARTHROSCOPY OF KNEE WITH MEDIAL AND LATERAL MENISECTOMY AND CHONDROPLASTY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,976.66 $63,127.00 $5,665.00–$63,137.00 95%
Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX ARTHROSCOPY KNEE W/MEDIAL AND LATERAL MENISCECTOMY 29880 File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file $3,010.20 $5,017.00 $2,759.35–$8,427.00 40%
Dallas Medical Center Dallas, TX · (972) 247-1000 Knee arthroscopysurgery - 29880 - File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $3,270.00 $27,619.00 $1,088.27–$22,095.20 88%
Dallas Regional Medical Center Mesquite, TX · (214) 320-7000 Knee Arthroscopy/Surgery - 29880 - OR36029880 File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $3,270.00 $29,615.90 $1,279.41–$29,023.58 89%
Parkland Health one side Dallas, TX · (214) 590-8000 Arthrs Knee Surg Meniscectomy Med&Lat W/Shaving|RIGHT SIDE+1 more line at this price File of May 29, 2026 · source file $7,432.89 $18,582.23 $1,142.68–$29,939.91 60%
Parkland Health Dallas, TX · (214) 590-8000 Arthrs Knee Surg Meniscectomy Med&Lat W/Shaving+1 more line at this price File of May 29, 2026 · source file $7,647.12 $19,117.81 $1,142.68–$29,939.91 60%
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale Sunnyvale, TX · (972) 892-3000 ARTHROSCOPY KNEE W/MEDIAL AND LATERAL MENISCECTOMY 29880 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $9,685.80 $16,143.00 $2,948.97–$6,366.00 40%
Parkland Health one side Dallas, TX · (214) 590-8000 Arthrs Knee Surg Meniscectomy Med&Lat W/Shaving|LEFT SIDE+1 more line at this price File of Oct 16, 2026 · source file $15,967.95 $39,919.88 $1,142.68–$29,939.91 60%
White Rock Medical Center Dallas, TX · (214) 324-6100 Arthroscopy, knee, surgical with meniscectomy (medial AND lateral, including any meniscal shaving) File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file $17,322.05 $25,473.60 $1,088.27–$18,340.99 32%
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield, TX · (682) 341-5000 HC KNEE SCOPE,SINGLE MENISECTOMY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $22,972.81 $22,972.81 — —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $2,646.00, median $3,270.00, highest $22,972.81 — a 8.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $6,348.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 8 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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