SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim in WATERBURY, CT

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
PR Arthroscopy Knee Surg W/ Meniscectomy Incl Debr/Shvi Artc Cartilage
$1,220.00 $1,220.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Saint Marys Hospital WATERBURY, CT
HC Arthro Knee W/Mnsc Med or Lat Incl/Chndrplsty Same/Sep Compart Lt (Rest Method II CAH)
one side $13,497.18 Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,220.00, median $1,220.00, highest $1,220.00.

One side of the body : lowest $13,497.18, median $13,497.18, highest $13,497.18.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,220.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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