ACL reconstruction cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for arthroscopic ACL reconstruction or repair of the knee: from $25,204.45 to $29,289.02, with a median of $27,246.74. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center — $2,042.29 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $5,373.27 at 17 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $25,204.45 | $93,349.82 | $910.25–$93,349.82 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $29,289.02 | $108,477.84 | $880.26–$97,630.06 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $25,204.45, median $27,246.74, highest $29,289.02 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $563.85. 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 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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
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.
16 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN29888,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $111.84 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN29888,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $125.82 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN29888,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $125.82 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN29888,AS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $139.80 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN29888,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $223.68 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN29888 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $223.68 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN29888,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $223.68 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN29888,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $251.64 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN29888,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $251.64 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN29888 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $251.64 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN29888,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $251.64 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN29888,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $251.64 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN29888 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $251.64 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN29888 KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $279.60 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN29888,RT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $279.60 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN29888,LT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY | $279.60 | file |