Surgery and procedures CPT 29888 Outpatient

ACL reconstruction cost in Duluth, MN

In Duluth, MN-WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for arthroscopic ACL reconstruction or repair of the knee: from $4,279.65 to $4,279.65, with a median of $4,279.65. Across Minnesota, the median is $4,863.49 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 29888, 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$4,279.65Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
Median$4,279.65half pay less
Highest$4,279.65in 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 Duluth, MN-WI.

median
Lowest $4,279.65Highest $4,279.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 ARTHRS AIDED ANT CRUCIATE LIGM RPR/AGMNTJ/RCNSTJ $4,279.65 $7,867.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Arthrs Aided Ant Cruciate Ligm Rpr/Agmntj/Rcnstj $4,279.65 $7,867.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $4,279.65, median $4,279.65, highest $4,279.65.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,279.65. 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

ACL reconstruction rebuilds a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the knee with a tendon graft, using a small camera and instruments through small cuts. It is commonly done for knee instability after a sports or twisting injury.

What the price covers

The facility price usually covers the operating room, recovery and often the screws or anchors; a donor tendon graft, if used, may be listed separately. The surgeon, anesthesia (often with a nerve block) and physical therapy afterward are billed separately.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 29888 ($5,113.55). 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.

Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MNAS KNEE SCOPE,AID ANT CRUCIATE REPAIR $38.25 file