Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $4,000.00 to $17,091.10, with a median of $8,237.33. The lowest listed price is at Ozarks Community Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 29881, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$4,000.00Ozarks Community Hospital
Median$8,237.33half pay less
Highest$17,091.10in this market
Difference4.3×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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

median
Lowest $4,000.00Highest $17,091.10

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Ozarks Community Hospital lowest Gravette, AR O/R ARTHROSCOPY KNEE SURGICAL W/MENISCET $4,000.00 $1,758.00 -128%
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Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR Arthrs Knee Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg $8,237.33 $12,672.82 35%
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Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR REMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE $17,091.10 $18,990.11 10%
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Outpatient: lowest $4,000.00, median $8,237.33, highest $17,091.10 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,000.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.