Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Kansas Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy cost in Kansas

In Kansas, 14 hospitals publish a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $1,232.40 to $12,372.13, with a median of $4,180.50. The lowest price is at Clay County Medical Center (Clay Center). The highest price is 10.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $4,180.50, is 26% below the US median of $5,632.27.
  • Kansas ranks 10th of 39 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 2 of 14 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 29881. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,232.40Clay County Medical Center
Median$4,180.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$12,372.13in Kansas
Lowest saves$2,948.10vs the median

Hospitals in Kansas, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Clay County Medical Center lowest Clay Center · Clay Center, KS Removal of knee cartilage using an endoscope $1,232.40 $1,232.40 Jul 22, 2026
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HaysMed one side Hays · Hays, KS REMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE $3,052.50 $9,250.00 Mar 21, 2026
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Providence Medical Center Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS Knee Arthroscopy/Surgery - 29881 - OR36029881 $3,082.00 $9,110.47 Mar 17, 2026
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Summit Surgical Hutchinson · Hutchinson, KS KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY $3,518.98 $4,398.73 Aug 19, 2026
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Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital one side Wichita · Wichita, KS REMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE $3,522.60 $5,419.39 Jul 1, 2026
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Minneola District Hospital Nbr 2 Minneola · Dodge City, KS Removal of knee cartilage using an endoscope $3,823.40 $5,462.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Phillips County Hospital Phillipsburg · Phillipsburg, KS Removal of knee cartilage using an endoscope $4,041.75 $4,755.00 Aug 4, 2026
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Holton Community Hospital Holton · Topeka, KS Removal of knee cartilage using an endoscope $4,319.25 $5,759.00 Oct 15, 2026
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Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute Leawood · Kansas City, MO-KS Knee arthroscopy/surgery $4,432.00 $16,288.69 Dec 5, 2025
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Manhattan Surgical Hospital Manhattan · Manhattan, KS SCOPE KNEE SURG W MENISECTOMY $4,461.50 $8,923.00 Nov 12, 2025
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Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital one side El Dorado · Wichita, KS REMOVAL OF KNEE CARTILAGE USING AN ENDOSCOPE $4,486.95 $6,903.00 May 27, 2025
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Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena · Joplin, MO-KS Arthrs Knee Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg $10,649.83 $16,384.35 Jun 9, 2026
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South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center Arkansas City · Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Removal of knee cartilage using an endoscope $10,785.00 $10,785.00 Jun 1, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Pittsburg Pittsburg · Pittsburg, KS Arthrs Knee Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg $12,372.13 $19,034.05 Jun 9, 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
Kansas City, MO-KS 2 $3,082.00 $3,757.00
Wichita, KS 2 $3,522.60 $4,004.78
Arkansas City-Winfield, KS 1 $10,785.00 $10,785.00
Clay Center, KS 1 $1,232.40 $1,232.40
Dodge City, KS 1 $3,823.40 $3,823.40
Hays, KS 1 $3,052.50 $3,052.50
Hutchinson, KS 1 $3,518.98 $3,518.98
Joplin, MO-KS 1 $10,649.83 $10,649.83
Manhattan, KS 1 $4,461.50 $4,461.50
Phillipsburg, KS 1 $4,041.75 $4,041.75
Pittsburg, KS 1 $12,372.13 $12,372.13
Topeka, KS 1 $4,319.25 $4,319.25
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 is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Knee arthroscopy explained.

Knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.