Surgery and procedures CPT 29881 Virginia Outpatient

Knee arthroscopy cost in Virginia

In Virginia, 16 hospitals publish a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus trim: from $3,287.57 to $14,655.40, with a median of $11,539.12. The lowest price is at Riverside Smithfield Hospital (Smithfield). The highest price is 4.5× the lowest.

  • The median here, $11,539.12, is 105% above the US median of $5,632.27.
  • Virginia ranks 36th 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 Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$3,287.57Riverside Smithfield Hospital
Median$11,539.12half of hospitals charge less
Highest$14,655.40in Virginia
Lowest saves$8,251.55vs the median

Hospitals in Virginia, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Riverside Smithfield Hospital lowest Smithfield · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Knee Arthroscopy/Surgery W/Menisectomy $3,287.57 $6,575.14 Mar 11, 2026
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Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs · Hot Springs, VA ARTHROSCOPY KNEE W/MENISCECTOM $4,733.11 $6,310.81 Mar 25, 2026
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Twin County Regional Healthcare Galax · Galax, VA 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 $7,453.73 $18,634.34 Jul 10, 2026
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Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital one side Franklin · Roanoke, VA Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|LEFT SIDE $7,560.66 $12,601.10 Apr 1, 2026
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Wythe County Community Hospital Wytheville · Wytheville, VA 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 $8,503.68 $21,259.21 Jul 10, 2026
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Fauquier Health Warrenton · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 $8,663.13 $21,657.82 Jul 14, 2026
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Mary Immaculate Hospital one side Newport News · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|LEFT SIDE $9,997.55 $16,662.58 Apr 1, 2026
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Clinch Valley Health Richlands · Bluefield, WV-VA 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 $10,849.93 $27,124.83 Jul 14, 2026
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Bon Secours Southside Medical Center one side Petersburg · Richmond, VA Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|RIGHT SIDE $12,228.31 $20,380.52 Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center one side Suffolk · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|RIGHT SIDE $13,036.66 $21,727.77 Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond one side Richmond · Richmond, VA Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|RIGHT SIDE $13,180.33 $21,967.22 Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center one side Mechanicsville · Richmond, VA Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|LEFT SIDE $13,758.98 $22,931.63 Apr 1, 2026
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Sovah Health - Martinsville Martinsville · Martinsville, VA 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 $13,900.80 $34,752.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center one side Portsmouth · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|LEFT SIDE $14,035.35 $23,392.25 Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center one side Midlothian · Richmond, VA Arthrs Kne Surg W/Meniscectomy Med/Lat W/Shvg|LEFT SIDE $14,085.76 $23,476.27 Apr 1, 2026
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Sovah Health - Danville Danville · Danville, VA 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 $14,655.40 $36,638.50 Jul 11, 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
Richmond, VA 4 $12,228.31 $13,469.66
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 4 $3,287.57 $11,517.10
Bluefield, WV-VA 1 $10,849.93 $10,849.93
Danville, VA 1 $14,655.40 $14,655.40
Galax, VA 1 $7,453.73 $7,453.73
Hot Springs, VA 1 $4,733.11 $4,733.11
Martinsville, VA 1 $13,900.80 $13,900.80
Roanoke, VA 1 $7,560.66 $7,560.66
Wytheville, VA 1 $8,503.68 $8,503.68
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 $8,663.13 $8,663.13
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.