Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

In Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $31,045.79 to $31,045.79, with a median of $31,045.79. The lowest listed price is at Adventhealth Riverview.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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.

Lowest$31,045.79Adventhealth Riverview
Median$31,045.79half pay less
Highest$31,045.79in this market
Difference1.0×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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.

median
Lowest $31,045.79Highest $31,045.79

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Adventhealth Riverview lowest Riverview, FL HC KNEE SCOPE,MED/LAT MENISECTOMY $31,045.79 $31,045.79 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Carrollwood Tampa, FL HC KNEE SCOPE,MED/LAT MENISECTOMY $31,045.79 $31,045.79 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Zephyrhills Zephyrhills, FL HC KNEE SCOPE,MED/LAT MENISECTOMY $31,045.79 $31,045.79 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Wesley Chapel Wesley Chapel, FL HC KNEE SCOPE,MED/LAT MENISECTOMY $31,045.79 $31,045.79 Apr 1, 2026
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Adventhealth Tampa Tampa, FL HC KNEE SCOPE,MED/LAT MENISECTOMY $31,045.79 $31,045.79 Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $31,045.79, median $31,045.79, highest $31,045.79.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $31,045.79. 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.