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Surgery and procedures CPT 29880 Colorado Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy (both menisci) cost in Colorado

In Colorado, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for knee arthroscopy with removal of both torn meniscus parts: from $1,368.50 to $17,220.74, with a median of $7,052.99. The lowest price is at Gunnison Valley Hospital (Gunnison). The highest price is 12.6× the lowest.

  • The median here, $7,052.99, is 26% above the US median of $5,583.50.
  • Colorado ranks 25th of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 2 of 7 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 29880. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,368.50Gunnison Valley Hospital
Median$7,052.99half of hospitals charge less
Highest$17,220.74in Colorado
Lowest saves$5,684.49vs the median

Hospitals in Colorado, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Gunnison Valley Hospital lowest Gunnison · Gunnison, CO Removal of both knee cartilages using an endoscope $1,368.50 $1,610.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Middle Park Health - Fraser Fraser · Fraser, CO HC CC KNEE SCOPE SINGLE MENISECTOMY $7,052.99 $8,816.23 Apr 28, 2026
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Middle Park Medical Center Kremmling · Kremmling, CO HC CC KNEE SCOPE SINGLE MENISECTOMY $7,052.99 $8,816.23 Apr 27, 2026
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Middle Park Medical Center-Granby Granby · Granby, CO HC CC KNEE SCOPE SINGLE MENISECTOMY $7,052.99 $8,816.23 Apr 27, 2026
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Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke · Holyoke, CO Removal of both knee cartilages using an endoscope $8,008.80 $10,011.00 Nov 7, 2026
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Animas Surgical Hospital one side Durango · Durango, CO REMOVAL OF BOTH KNEE CARTILAGES USING AN ENDOSCOPE $11,199.00 $11,199.00 Mar 16, 2026
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Lincoln Health Hugo · Hugo, CO Knee arthroscopy/surgery $17,220.74 $17,220.74 Jun 4, 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
Durango, CO 1 $11,199.00 $11,199.00
Fraser, CO 1 $7,052.99 $7,052.99
Granby, CO 1 $7,052.99 $7,052.99
Gunnison, CO 1 $1,368.50 $1,368.50
Holyoke, CO 1 $8,008.80 $8,008.80
Hugo, CO 1 $17,220.74 $17,220.74
Kremmling, CO 1 $7,052.99 $7,052.99
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 (both menisci) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Knee arthroscopy (both menisci) explained.

Knee arthroscopy with removal of both torn meniscus parts in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.