Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $492.48 to $13,850.08, with a median of $554.04. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Health System LLC.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Health System LLC lowest Bluffton, IN 29881 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $492.48 | $2,052.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 29881,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $492.48 | $2,052.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 29881,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $492.48 | $2,052.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 29881,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $554.04 | $2,052.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 29881 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $554.04 | $2,052.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 29881,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $554.04 | $2,052.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 29881 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $554.04 | $2,052.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 29881,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $554.04 | $2,052.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 29881,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $554.04 | $2,052.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 29881,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $615.60 | $2,052.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 29881,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $615.60 | $2,052.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 29881 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $615.60 | $2,052.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $10,724.91 | $39,721.88 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $13,850.08 | $51,296.59 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $492.48, median $554.04, highest $13,850.08 — a 28.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $738.72. 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.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 29881 ($2,851.55). 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.
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN29881,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $123.12 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN29881,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $138.51 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN29881,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $138.51 | file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN29881,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $153.90 | file |