Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim in Toledo, OH

In Toledo, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $1,512.60 to $45,151.22, with a median of $18,797.58. The lowest listed price is at Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo, LLC.

Cash prices at 3 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 — and —.

Lowest$1,512.60Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo, LLC
Median$18,797.58half pay less
Highest$45,151.22in this market
Difference29.9×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 Toledo, OH.

median
Lowest $1,512.60Highest $45,151.22

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo, LLC lowest Toledo, OH PR ARTHRS KNE SURG W/MENISCECTOMY MED/LAT W/SHVG $1,512.60 $2,521.00 40%
source file
Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center LLC Oregon, OH Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg $18,797.58 $31,329.30 40%
source file
Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center LLC Toledo, OH Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg $45,151.22 $75,252.03 40%
source file

Outpatient: lowest $1,512.60, median $18,797.58, highest $45,151.22 — a 29.9× difference within the same market.

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.