Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy cost in Upper Sandusky, OH

In Upper Sandusky, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $4,256.34 to $4,256.34, with a median of $4,256.34. Across Ohio, the median is $7,370.46 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$4,256.34Wyandot Memorial Hospital
Median$4,256.34half pay less
Highest$4,256.34in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Wyandot Memorial Hospital Upper Sandusky, OH · (419) 294-4991 WMHC PR ARTHRS KNE SURG W/MENISCECTOMY MED/LAT W/SHVG $4,256.34 $4,729.26 $2,740.61–$4,492.80 10% —
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Outpatient: lowest $4,256.34, median $4,256.34, highest $4,256.34.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,256.34. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 ($2,851.55). 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.

Wyandot Memorial Hospital Upper Sandusky, OHWMHC PBB ARTHRS KNE SURG W/MENISCECTOMY MED/LAT W/SHVG $245.56 file