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Surgery and procedures CPT 29877 Massachusetts Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy, cartilage smoothing cost in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for knee arthroscopy with smoothing of damaged cartilage (chondroplasty): from $1,143.00 to $14,893.36, with a median of $6,432.38. The lowest price is at Boston Medical Center (Boston). The highest price is 13.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $6,432.38, is 31% above the US median of $4,899.91.
  • Massachusetts ranks 19th of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 3 of 5 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 29877. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,143.00Boston Medical Center
Median$6,432.38half of hospitals charge less
Highest$14,893.36in Massachusetts
Lowest saves$5,289.38vs the median

Hospitals in Massachusetts, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Boston Medical Center lowest Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Knee Scope, Shave Articular Cart $1,143.00 $2,540.00 Mar 13, 2026
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Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke · Springfield, MA Knee Arthroscopy/Surgery $3,410.00 $3,410.00 May 1, 2026
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Emerson Hospital Concord · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY $6,432.38 $8,576.51 May 18, 2026
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UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital one side Southbridge · Worcester, MA Knee Scope,Shave Articular Cart|RIGHT SIDE $14,123.16 $14,123.16 Apr 3, 2026
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HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital Leominster · Worcester, MA Knee Scope,Shave Articular Cart $14,893.36 $14,893.36 Mar 26, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 2 $1,143.00 $3,787.69
Worcester, MA 2 $14,123.16 $14,508.26
Springfield, MA 1 $3,410.00 $3,410.00
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What knee arthroscopy, cartilage smoothing is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Knee arthroscopy, cartilage smoothing explained.

Knee arthroscopy with smoothing of damaged cartilage (chondroplasty) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.