Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Nevada Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy cost in Nevada

In Nevada, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $3,559.00 to $12,424.10, with a median of $3,765.30. The lowest price is at North Vista Hospital (North Las Vegas) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 3.5× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,765.30, is 33% below the US median of $5,632.27.
  • Nevada ranks 8th of 39 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

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 Oct 8, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$3,559.00North Vista Hospital + 1 more
Median$3,765.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$12,424.10in Nevada
Lowest saves$206.30vs the median

Hospitals in Nevada, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
North Vista Hospital lowest North Las Vegas · Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Knee arthroscopysurgery $3,559.00 $32,500.00 Mar 17, 2026
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Saint Marys Regional Medical Center lowest Reno · Reno, NV Knee Arthroscopy/Surgery - 29881 - OR36029881 $3,559.00 $12,969.10 Mar 17, 2026
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University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Las Vegas · Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV HC KNEE ARTHROSCOPY/SURGERY W/MENISCECTOMY MED OR LAT W/SHAVING $3,765.30 $12,551.00 Jul 1, 2026
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Carson Valley Health North Gardnerville · Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA HCHG ARTHRS KNE SURG W/MENISCECTOMY MED/LAT W/SHVG $4,970.00 $7,100.00 Mar 27, 2026
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Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital Elko · Elko, NV Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscectomy (medial OR lateral, including any meniscal shaving) including debridement/shaving of articular cartilage (chondroplasty), same or separate compartment(s), when performed $12,424.10 $17,748.72 Jul 10, 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.

By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 2 $3,559.00 $3,662.15
Elko, NV 1 $12,424.10 $12,424.10
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA 1 $4,970.00 $4,970.00
Reno, NV 1 $3,559.00 $3,559.00
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 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.