Knee arthroscopy cost in Fayetteville, NC
In Fayetteville, NC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim (one side of the body): from $2,845.80 to $3,105.00, with a median of $2,975.40. The lowest listed price is at Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital — $129.60 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $5,083.80 at 7 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 29881, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 21, 2026 and Mar 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital one side lowest Raeford, NC · (910) 904-8000 REMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $2,845.80 | $4,743.00 | $3,241.67–$8,104.18 | 40% |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center one side Fayetteville, NC · (910) 609-4000 REMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE File of Mar 21, 2026 · source file | $3,105.00 | $5,175.00 | $3,241.67–$8,104.18 | 40% |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center one side Fayetteville, NC · (910) 609-4000 REMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE File of Mar 21, 2026 · source file | $3,753.00 | $6,255.00 | $3,241.67–$8,104.18 | 40% |
One side of the body : lowest $2,845.80, median $2,975.40, highest $3,105.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 29881 ($2,847.78). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford, NCREMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $0.60 | file |