Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Knee arthroscopy cost in Dayton, OH — inpatient

In Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim as an inpatient: from $8,000.00 to $8,000.00, with a median of $8,000.00. Across Ohio, the median is $13,191.60 at 30 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 29881, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2025 and Sep 1, 2025.

Lowest$8,000.00Riverview Health Institute

Median$8,000.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$8,000.00in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Riverview Health Institute Dayton, OH KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY10 File of Sep 1, 2025 · source file	$8,000.00	$25,880.00	—	69%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $8,000.00, median $8,000.00, highest $8,000.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $8,349.06 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy uses a small camera and instruments through tiny cuts to trim or remove a torn part of the meniscus, the cartilage cushion in the knee. The code also covers smoothing damaged cartilage in the knee when done.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon's fee and anesthesia are usually billed separately.