ACL reconstruction cost without insurance
The median hospital cash price for arthroscopic ACL reconstruction or repair of the knee is $9,977.57 across 619 US hospitals; most list between $2,662.42 and $35,938.69. The lowest outpatient cash price in any of 331 markets is $656.95. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Knee arthroscopy costs
Lowest$656.95any market
Median market$11,040.00middle of market medians
Most below$35,938.699 in 10 hospitals
Listings613hospital prices
Cash or insurance?
If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you pay the rate your plan negotiated with the hospital, not the cash price. Hospital price files list those rates too: for ACL reconstruction, the highest negotiated rate in a hospital's file has a median of $15,945.88 and the lowest a median of $2,120.77. At 427 of 552 hospitals that publish both, the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate.
With a high deductible, cash can cost less. But a cash payment may not count toward your deductible or out-of-pocket maximum: ask your plan for its rate at that hospital (most have a cost estimator) and whether it will credit a cash payment.
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What is CPT 29888?
ACL reconstruction rebuilds a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the knee with a tendon graft, using a small camera and instruments through small cuts. It is commonly done for knee instability after a sports or twisting injury.
What the price covers
The facility price usually covers the operating room, recovery and often the screws or anchors; a donor tendon graft, if used, may be listed separately. The surgeon, anesthesia (often with a nerve block) and physical therapy afterward are billed separately.
Why prices differ
Prices differ between hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers, with graft type (your own tendon or donor tissue), and with extra work such as meniscus repair in the same surgery.
What to ask
Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 29888 includes the graft and implants, and whether the surgeon and anesthesia fees are separate.
Prices by state
Among 38 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Arkansas ($2,867.63), Minnesota ($3,167.10) and Oregon ($4,224.00), and highest in Ohio ($37,237.63), Virginia ($32,249.32) and Massachusetts ($28,903.78).
Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.
- Alabama$18,657.44
- Alaska$11,301.42, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$17,144.93
- Arkansas$2,867.63
- California$9,286.00
- Colorado$12,792.80
- Connecticut$5,630.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$3,725.53, 2 hospitals
- Florida$28,877.77
- Georgia$11,309.00
- Hawaii$5,375.30
- Idaho$12,106.00
- Illinois$12,847.61
- Indiana$19,857.47
- Iowa$8,622.00
- Kansas$9,822.50
- Kentucky$13,929.26
- Louisiana$9,785.97
- Maine$2,384.92, 1 hospital
- Maryland$8,529.94, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$28,903.78
- Michigan$11,225.31
- Minnesota$3,167.10
- Mississippi$9,191.69
- Missouri$15,594.51
- Montana$6,403.96
- Nebraska$6,786.40
- Nevada$8,289.90
- New Hampshire$1,244.65, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$7,807.24
- New Mexico$9,114.99
- New York$8,453.60
- North Carolina$8,245.80
- North Dakota$9,910.06, 4 hospitals
- Ohio$37,237.63
- Oklahoma$16,661.73
- Oregon$4,224.00
- Pennsylvania$12,932.50
- Rhode Island$2,469.81, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$27,511.18
- South Dakota$7,316.38, 3 hospitals
- Tennessee$12,451.55
- Texas$7,253.00
- Utah$7,465.77, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$7,855.50, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$32,249.32
- Washington$12,261.27
- West Virginia$7,744.00
- Wisconsin$11,779.38
- Wyoming$6,322.44, 3 hospitals
Prices by market
Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.
| Market | Hospitals | Lowest | Median | Highest | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada, OK | 1 | $24,374.46 | $24,374.46 | $24,374.46 | 1.0× |
| Albuquerque, NM one side | 1 | $4,105.05 | $4,105.05 | $4,105.05 | 1.0× |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 1 | $17,625.78 | $17,625.78 | $17,625.78 | 1.0× |
| Alliance, NE single city | 1 | $6,786.40 | $6,786.40 | $6,786.40 | 1.0× |
| Ames, IA | 1 | $1,712.00 | $1,712.00 | $1,712.00 | 1.0× |
| Anchorage, AK | 1 | $36,861.89 | $36,861.89 | $36,861.89 | 1.0× |
| Anderson Creek, NC | 1 | $5,307.60 | $5,307.60 | $5,307.60 | 1.0× |
| Appleton, WI | 3 | $1,671.24 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 7.0× |
| Ardmore, OK | 1 | $21,941.09 | $21,941.09 | $21,941.09 | 1.0× |
| Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 1 | $25,230.81 | $25,230.81 | $25,230.81 | 1.0× |
| Astoria, OR | 2 | $2,841.75 | $3,532.88 | $4,224.00 | 1.5× |
| Athens, TN | 1 | $21,104.07 | $21,104.07 | $21,104.07 | 1.0× |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 11 | $3,684.80 | $11,309.00 | $39,573.00 | 10.7× |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 1 | $9,388.33 | $9,388.33 | $9,388.33 | 1.0× |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $6,979.50 | $6,979.50 | $6,979.50 | 1.0× |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 8 | $6,209.81 | $8,358.27 | $8,358.27 | 1.3× |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 1 | $28,772.76 | $28,772.76 | $28,772.76 | 1.0× |
| Bangor, ME | 1 | $2,384.92 | $2,384.92 | $2,384.92 | 1.0× |
| Baraboo, WI | 1 | $6,484.96 | $6,484.96 | $6,484.96 | 1.0× |
| Bay City, MI | 1 | $18,025.37 | $18,025.37 | $18,025.37 | 1.0× |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 1 | $7,172.65 | $7,172.65 | $7,172.65 | 1.0× |
| Beckley, WV | 1 | $12,746.25 | $12,746.25 | $12,746.25 | 1.0× |
| Bellingham, WA one side | 1 | $4,281.11 | $4,281.11 | $4,281.11 | 1.0× |
| Berlin, WI single city | 1 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 1.0× |
| Bethany, MO single city | 1 | $8,034.00 | $8,034.00 | $8,034.00 | 1.0× |
| Birmingham, AL | 3 | $5,976.39 | $11,646.48 | $35,917.74 | 6.0× |
| Blackfoot, ID | 1 | $1,383.90 | $1,383.90 | $1,383.90 | 1.0× |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 2 | $7,467.67 | $16,755.66 | $26,043.64 | 3.5× |
| Boise City, ID | 4 | $12,106.00 | $12,290.94 | $22,910.72 | 1.9× |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 4 | $2,474.55 | $13,373.25 | $41,020.67 | 16.6× |
| Brenham, TX | 1 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | 1.0× |
| Brookhaven, MS one side | 1 | $2,049.40 | $2,049.40 | $2,049.40 | 1.0× |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 1 | $7,253.00 | $7,253.00 | $7,253.00 | 1.0× |
| Bucyrus, OH | 1 | $64,623.31 | $64,623.31 | $64,623.31 | 1.0× |
| Buffalo, WY single city | 1 | $2,400.00 | $2,400.00 | $2,400.00 | 1.0× |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 3 | $1,433.34 | $1,799.70 | $4,265.00 | 3.0× |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 1 | $13,994.99 | $13,994.99 | $13,994.99 | 1.0× |
| Cambridge, NE single city | 1 | $2,483.10 | $2,483.10 | $2,483.10 | 1.0× |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 4 | $18,926.46 | $20,786.75 | $28,877.77 | 1.5× |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 1 | $80,006.91 | $80,006.91 | $80,006.91 | 1.0× |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 1 | $6,711.07 | $6,711.07 | $6,711.07 | 1.0× |
| Carrollton, MO single city | 1 | $2,216.25 | $2,216.25 | $2,216.25 | 1.0× |
| Casper, WY | 1 | $6,322.44 | $6,322.44 | $6,322.44 | 1.0× |
| Centreville, MS single city | 1 | $4,451.25 | $4,451.25 | $4,451.25 | 1.0× |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 1 | $7,613.00 | $7,613.00 | $7,613.00 | 1.0× |
| Charleston, WV one side | 1 | $16,517.50 | $16,517.50 | $16,517.50 | 1.0× |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 4 | $27,511.18 | $35,507.02 | $37,494.03 | 1.4× |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 19 | $1,004.60 | $15,457.64 | $106,675.84 | 106.2× |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN one side | 6 | $30,916.41 | $40,248.67 | $47,048.42 | 1.5× |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $15,863.97 | $15,863.97 | $15,863.97 | 1.0× |
| Cleveland, OH one side | 1 | $36,339.72 | $36,339.72 | $36,339.72 | 1.0× |
| Clinton, IA | 1 | $43,121.81 | $43,121.81 | $43,121.81 | 1.0× |
| Clinton, MO single city | 1 | $2,298.02 | $2,298.02 | $2,298.02 | 1.0× |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID one side | 1 | $14,881.50 | $14,881.50 | $14,881.50 | 1.0× |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 1 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | 1.0× |
| Columbus, IN | 1 | $40,683.09 | $40,683.09 | $40,683.09 | 1.0× |
| Columbus, NE one side | 1 | $22,600.47 | $22,600.47 | $22,600.47 | 1.0× |
| Columbus, OH | 2 | $58,703.16 | $61,663.24 | $64,623.31 | 1.1× |
| Comanche, TX single city | 1 | $10,005.45 | $10,005.45 | $10,005.45 | 1.0× |
| Coshocton, OH | 1 | $6,831.00 | $6,831.00 | $6,831.00 | 1.0× |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 1 | $33,095.05 | $33,095.05 | $33,095.05 | 1.0× |
| Cynthiana, KY one side single city | 1 | $10,861.31 | $10,861.31 | $10,861.31 | 1.0× |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 10 | $3,411.00 | $7,253.00 | $46,294.07 | 13.6× |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $25,819.70 | $25,819.70 | $25,819.70 | 1.0× |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 3 | $8,000.00 | $9,824.39 | $32,142.40 | 4.0× |
| Deckerville, MI single city | 1 | $1,766.24 | $1,766.24 | $1,766.24 | 1.0× |
| Defiance, OH one side | 1 | $46,091.36 | $46,091.36 | $46,091.36 | 1.0× |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 3 | $2,080.00 | $2,845.00 | $8,622.00 | 4.1× |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 4 | $9,977.57 | $14,254.95 | $23,544.06 | 2.4× |
| Devils Lake, ND single city | 1 | $9,910.06 | $9,910.06 | $9,910.06 | 1.0× |
| Dodge City, KS | 1 | $7,889.00 | $7,889.00 | $7,889.00 | 1.0× |
| Dothan, AL | 2 | $24,093.28 | $27,265.48 | $30,437.68 | 1.3× |
| Douglas, WY single city | 1 | $6,322.44 | $6,322.44 | $6,322.44 | 1.0× |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 1 | $2,937.60 | $2,937.60 | $2,937.60 | 1.0× |
| Duncan, OK | 1 | $14,564.62 | $14,564.62 | $14,564.62 | 1.0× |
| Durango, CO | 1 | $18,540.00 | $18,540.00 | $18,540.00 | 1.0× |
| Durant, OK | 1 | $14,776.18 | $14,776.18 | $14,776.18 | 1.0× |
| Eau Claire, WI | 1 | $17,838.91 | $17,838.91 | $17,838.91 | 1.0× |
| El Dorado, AR | 1 | $1,556.23 | $1,556.23 | $1,556.23 | 1.0× |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 2 | $11,017.30 | $18,823.72 | $26,630.14 | 2.4× |
| Elko, NV | 1 | $14,036.48 | $14,036.48 | $14,036.48 | 1.0× |
| Ellensburg, WA | 1 | $2,176.00 | $2,176.00 | $2,176.00 | 1.0× |
| Enterprise, AL | 1 | $12,852.22 | $12,852.22 | $12,852.22 | 1.0× |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR one side | 1 | $12,661.35 | $12,661.35 | $12,661.35 | 1.0× |
| Eureka-Arcata, CA | 1 | $19,955.71 | $19,955.71 | $19,955.71 | 1.0× |
| Fairfield, IL single city | 1 | $29,428.00 | $29,428.00 | $29,428.00 | 1.0× |
| Fairmont, WV | 1 | $1,034.32 | $1,034.32 | $1,034.32 | 1.0× |
| Fayetteville, NC one side | 2 | $7,295.40 | $7,770.60 | $8,245.80 | 1.1× |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 6 | $932.00 | $10,811.81 | $35,826.59 | 38.4× |
| Flint, MI | 1 | $22,782.14 | $22,782.14 | $22,782.14 | 1.0× |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 1 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 1.0× |
| Forest City, NC | 1 | $10,714.57 | $10,714.57 | $10,714.57 | 1.0× |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 3 | $2,603.20 | $10,608.30 | $10,608.30 | 4.1× |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 2 | $25,204.45 | $27,246.74 | $29,289.02 | 1.2× |
| Fraser, CO single city | 1 | $23,733.69 | $23,733.69 | $23,733.69 | 1.0× |
| Freeport, IL | 1 | $7,276.00 | $7,276.00 | $7,276.00 | 1.0× |
| Fremont, NE | 1 | $3,018.09 | $3,018.09 | $3,018.09 | 1.0× |
| Fresno, CA | 1 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | 1.0× |
| Gadsden, AL | 2 | $6,476.00 | $12,566.72 | $18,657.44 | 2.9× |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 1 | $10,640.00 | $10,640.00 | $10,640.00 | 1.0× |
| Glen Rose, TX single city | 1 | $24,717.00 | $24,717.00 | $24,717.00 | 1.0× |
| Glenwood, MN single city | 1 | $5,602.80 | $5,602.80 | $5,602.80 | 1.0× |
| Gordon, NE single city | 1 | $24,500.00 | $24,500.00 | $24,500.00 | 1.0× |
| Granbury, TX | 1 | $22,028.10 | $22,028.10 | $22,028.10 | 1.0× |
| Granby, CO single city | 1 | $23,733.69 | $23,733.69 | $23,733.69 | 1.0× |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1 | $9,910.06 | $9,910.06 | $9,910.06 | 1.0× |
| Grand Junction, CO one side | 1 | $5,364.81 | $5,364.81 | $5,364.81 | 1.0× |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 1 | $5,461.46 | $5,461.46 | $5,461.46 | 1.0× |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 1 | $1,082.50 | $1,082.50 | $1,082.50 | 1.0× |
| Great Falls, MT one side | 1 | $18,178.00 | $18,178.00 | $18,178.00 | 1.0× |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 3 | $4,851.50 | $23,879.72 | $62,729.76 | 12.9× |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 3 | $3,422.70 | $6,504.36 | $7,675.80 | 2.2× |
| Gunnison, CO single city | 1 | $2,362.15 | $2,362.15 | $2,362.15 | 1.0× |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV one side | 1 | $7,386.34 | $7,386.34 | $7,386.34 | 1.0× |
| Hailey, ID | 1 | $12,106.00 | $12,106.00 | $12,106.00 | 1.0× |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 3 | $11,093.08 | $14,612.78 | $15,383.58 | 1.4× |
| Hartford, KY single city | 1 | $823.00 | $823.00 | $823.00 | 1.0× |
| Harvey, ND single city | 1 | $5,297.00 | $5,297.00 | $5,297.00 | 1.0× |
| Harwarden, IA single city | 1 | $16,689.65 | $16,689.65 | $16,689.65 | 1.0× |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 1 | $18,576.82 | $18,576.82 | $18,576.82 | 1.0× |
| Hays, KS one side | 1 | $4,855.95 | $4,855.95 | $4,855.95 | 1.0× |
| Heber Springs, AR single city | 1 | $1,556.23 | $1,556.23 | $1,556.23 | 1.0× |
| Helena, MT | 1 | $13,507.00 | $13,507.00 | $13,507.00 | 1.0× |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 1 | $6,474.34 | $6,474.34 | $6,474.34 | 1.0× |
| Hilo-Kailua, HI one side | 1 | $10,222.80 | $10,222.80 | $10,222.80 | 1.0× |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 1 | $5,249.40 | $5,249.40 | $5,249.40 | 1.0× |
| Holyoke, CO single city | 1 | $12,792.80 | $12,792.80 | $12,792.80 | 1.0× |
| Honesdale, PA single city | 1 | $12,932.50 | $12,932.50 | $12,932.50 | 1.0× |
| Hood River, OR | 1 | $2,841.75 | $2,841.75 | $2,841.75 | 1.0× |
| Houghton, MI | 1 | $33,290.59 | $33,290.59 | $33,290.59 | 1.0× |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 2 | $5,499.16 | $7,430.69 | $9,362.21 | 1.7× |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 2 | $7,172.65 | $18,171.57 | $29,170.48 | 4.1× |
| Huntsville, AL | 1 | $26,430.16 | $26,430.16 | $26,430.16 | 1.0× |
| Hutchinson, KS | 1 | $11,040.00 | $11,040.00 | $11,040.00 | 1.0× |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 2 | $7,786.80 | $8,866.90 | $9,947.00 | 1.3× |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 3 | $1,701.53 | $13,420.66 | $16,432.49 | 9.7× |
| Jackson, MS | 2 | $20,711.00 | $25,054.12 | $29,397.24 | 1.4× |
| Johnson, AR single city | 1 | $36,681.50 | $36,681.50 | $36,681.50 | 1.0× |
| Johnstown, PA | 1 | $8,686.84 | $8,686.84 | $8,686.84 | 1.0× |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 2 | $21,632.62 | $23,757.25 | $25,881.88 | 1.2× |
| Kalispell, MT | 1 | $6,403.96 | $6,403.96 | $6,403.96 | 1.0× |
| Kankakee, IL one side | 1 | $11,786.01 | $11,786.01 | $11,786.01 | 1.0× |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 3 | $6,836.00 | $7,232.00 | $15,894.00 | 2.3× |
| Kansas City, MO-KS both sides | 1 | $12,365.69 | $12,365.69 | $12,365.69 | 1.0× |
| Ketchikan, AK one side | 1 | $2,891.04 | $2,891.04 | $2,891.04 | 1.0× |
| Key West-Key Largo, FL | 1 | $33,271.73 | $33,271.73 | $33,271.73 | 1.0× |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 3 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | 1.0× |
| Kirksville, MO | 1 | $26,956.52 | $26,956.52 | $26,956.52 | 1.0× |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 1 | $9,057.82 | $9,057.82 | $9,057.82 | 1.0× |
| Knoxville, TN | 2 | $9,627.26 | $10,551.07 | $11,474.88 | 1.2× |
| Kodiak, AK single city | 1 | $11,301.42 | $11,301.42 | $11,301.42 | 1.0× |
| Kremmling, CO single city | 1 | $23,733.69 | $23,733.69 | $23,733.69 | 1.0× |
| Lafayette, LA | 3 | $6,685.28 | $10,209.72 | $13,830.00 | 2.1× |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 1 | $24,371.01 | $24,371.01 | $24,371.01 | 1.0× |
| Lake City, IA single city | 1 | $9,552.00 | $9,552.00 | $9,552.00 | 1.0× |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 2 | $17,135.31 | $17,144.93 | $17,154.55 | 1.0× |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | $13,461.22 | $13,461.22 | $13,461.22 | 1.0× |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 3 | $1,082.50 | $1,082.50 | $28,633.54 | 26.5× |
| Laredo, TX | 1 | $46,205.02 | $46,205.02 | $46,205.02 | 1.0× |
| Las Cruces, NM | 2 | $31,171.28 | $36,083.34 | $40,995.39 | 1.3× |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 2 | $5,565.00 | $6,927.45 | $8,289.90 | 1.5× |
| Lawrenceburg, TN | 1 | $2,677.23 | $2,677.23 | $2,677.23 | 1.0× |
| Lebanon, KY single city | 1 | $25,359.04 | $25,359.04 | $25,359.04 | 1.0× |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 2 | $656.95 | $950.80 | $1,244.65 | 1.9× |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 3 | $4,287.03 | $5,870.11 | $13,929.26 | 3.2× |
| Lima, OH | 1 | $7,860.60 | $7,860.60 | $7,860.60 | 1.0× |
| Linton, IN single city | 1 | $5,373.27 | $5,373.27 | $5,373.27 | 1.0× |
| Litchfield, IL single city | 1 | $15,430.32 | $15,430.32 | $15,430.32 | 1.0× |
| Litchfield, MN single city | 1 | $2,082.56 | $2,082.56 | $2,082.56 | 1.0× |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 6 | $1,392.90 | $2,769.48 | $5,720.60 | 4.1× |
| Logan, UT-ID | 1 | $14,750.00 | $14,750.00 | $14,750.00 | 1.0× |
| Longview, TX | 1 | $38,420.89 | $38,420.89 | $38,420.89 | 1.0× |
| Longview-Kelso, WA one side | 1 | $25,495.60 | $25,495.60 | $25,495.60 | 1.0× |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 13 | $5,642.80 | $9,001.20 | $9,286.00 | 1.6× |
| Lousiana, MO single city | 1 | $1,088.00 | $1,088.00 | $1,088.00 | 1.0× |
| Lufkin, TX | 1 | $44,372.73 | $44,372.73 | $44,372.73 | 1.0× |
| Luverne, AL single city | 1 | $3,027.00 | $3,027.00 | $3,027.00 | 1.0× |
| Magnolia, AR | 1 | $2,746.84 | $2,746.84 | $2,746.84 | 1.0× |
| Manchester, IA single city | 1 | $11,408.80 | $11,408.80 | $11,408.80 | 1.0× |
| Mangum, OK single city | 1 | $22,887.59 | $22,887.59 | $22,887.59 | 1.0× |
| Manhattan, KS | 1 | $9,822.50 | $9,822.50 | $9,822.50 | 1.0× |
| Mansfield, OH | 1 | $64,623.31 | $64,623.31 | $64,623.31 | 1.0× |
| Marble Falls, TX single city | 1 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | 1.0× |
| Marquette, MI | 1 | $16,373.54 | $16,373.54 | $16,373.54 | 1.0× |
| Martinsville, VA | 1 | $80,291.12 | $80,291.12 | $80,291.12 | 1.0× |
| Mason City, IA | 1 | $83,116.25 | $83,116.25 | $83,116.25 | 1.0× |
| Mayfield, KY | 1 | $17,699.66 | $17,699.66 | $17,699.66 | 1.0× |
| Maysville, KY single city | 1 | $19,827.45 | $19,827.45 | $19,827.45 | 1.0× |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 2 | $7,253.00 | $7,253.00 | $7,253.00 | 1.0× |
| McCall, ID single city | 1 | $12,106.00 | $12,106.00 | $12,106.00 | 1.0× |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 6 | $12,451.55 | $12,966.40 | $20,868.34 | 1.7× |
| Meriden, CT single city | 1 | $5,630.00 | $5,630.00 | $5,630.00 | 1.0× |
| Meridian, MS | 1 | $10,707.58 | $10,707.58 | $10,707.58 | 1.0× |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 4 | $7,456.27 | $7,456.27 | $7,456.27 | 1.0× |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 2 | $14,492.81 | $20,942.12 | $27,391.42 | 1.9× |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 3 | $3,167.10 | $5,387.98 | $8,138.34 | 2.6× |
| Moab, UT single city | 1 | $2,906.04 | $2,906.04 | $2,906.04 | 1.0× |
| Moberly, MO | 1 | $35,455.25 | $35,455.25 | $35,455.25 | 1.0× |
| Modesto, CA | 1 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | 1.0× |
| Monroe, LA | 2 | $6,601.04 | $12,594.49 | $18,587.94 | 2.8× |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $1,535.80 | $1,535.80 | $1,535.80 | 1.0× |
| Morgantown, WV one side | 1 | $13,766.67 | $13,766.67 | $13,766.67 | 1.0× |
| Morris, MN single city | 1 | $1,680.75 | $1,680.75 | $1,680.75 | 1.0× |
| Moscow, ID | 1 | $1,959.00 | $1,959.00 | $1,959.00 | 1.0× |
| Mount Vernon, OH | 1 | $1,976.62 | $1,976.62 | $1,976.62 | 1.0× |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA one side | 1 | $12,382.50 | $12,382.50 | $12,382.50 | 1.0× |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 1 | $2,022.12 | $2,022.12 | $2,022.12 | 1.0× |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 3 | $25,103.66 | $53,812.08 | $53,812.08 | 2.1× |
| Napoleon, OH single city | 1 | $1,732.50 | $1,732.50 | $1,732.50 | 1.0× |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4 | $4,506.45 | $7,807.13 | $10,517.21 | 2.3× |
| Nevada, MO single city | 1 | $15,480.90 | $15,480.90 | $15,480.90 | 1.0× |
| New London, WI single city | 1 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 1.0× |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 4 | $8,685.09 | $17,277.40 | $22,351.37 | 2.6× |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 53 | $2,894.00 | $7,907.11 | $82,959.70 | 28.7× |
| Norwalk, OH one side | 1 | $38,517.55 | $38,517.55 | $38,517.55 | 1.0× |
| Norwich, CT single city | 1 | $5,630.00 | $5,630.00 | $5,630.00 | 1.0× |
| Ocala, FL | 1 | $39,749.27 | $39,749.27 | $39,749.27 | 1.0× |
| Ocean Pines, MD | 1 | $8,529.94 | $8,529.94 | $8,529.94 | 1.0× |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 2 | $1,803.90 | $10,175.59 | $18,547.27 | 10.3× |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 3 | $2,285.70 | $3,824.64 | $17,636.25 | 7.7× |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 1 | $20,422.00 | $20,422.00 | $20,422.00 | 1.0× |
| Osage Beach, MO single city | 1 | $9,542.69 | $9,542.69 | $9,542.69 | 1.0× |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 2 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 1.0× |
| Owosso, MI | 1 | $1,664.80 | $1,664.80 | $1,664.80 | 1.0× |
| Paducah, KY-IL one side | 1 | $22,550.99 | $22,550.99 | $22,550.99 | 1.0× |
| Pampa, TX | 1 | $5,326.00 | $5,326.00 | $5,326.00 | 1.0× |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV one side | 1 | $5,772.50 | $5,772.50 | $5,772.50 | 1.0× |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 1 | $21,784.97 | $21,784.97 | $21,784.97 | 1.0× |
| Peoria, IL | 1 | $5,105.00 | $5,105.00 | $5,105.00 | 1.0× |
| Perry, FL single city | 1 | $5,059.60 | $5,059.60 | $5,059.60 | 1.0× |
| Perryville, MO single city | 1 | $28,155.20 | $28,155.20 | $28,155.20 | 1.0× |
| Petersburg, WV one side single city | 1 | $7,527.20 | $7,527.20 | $7,527.20 | 1.0× |
| Petoskey, MI | 1 | $12,473.04 | $12,473.04 | $12,473.04 | 1.0× |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 2 | $7,418.00 | $10,863.70 | $14,309.40 | 1.9× |
| Phillipsburg, KS single city | 1 | $6,717.55 | $6,717.55 | $6,717.55 | 1.0× |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 1 | $8,904.43 | $8,904.43 | $8,904.43 | 1.0× |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 1 | $1,985.00 | $1,985.00 | $1,985.00 | 1.0× |
| Pittsburg, KS | 1 | $40,032.32 | $40,032.32 | $40,032.32 | 1.0× |
| Pittsburgh, PA one side | 1 | $6,243.50 | $6,243.50 | $6,243.50 | 1.0× |
| Polson, MT single city | 1 | $1,438.40 | $1,438.40 | $1,438.40 | 1.0× |
| Port Townsend, WA | 1 | $10,312.80 | $10,312.80 | $10,312.80 | 1.0× |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 2 | $7,035.70 | $16,956.93 | $26,878.15 | 3.8× |
| Price, UT | 1 | $12,025.50 | $12,025.50 | $12,025.50 | 1.0× |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 1 | $2,469.81 | $2,469.81 | $2,469.81 | 1.0× |
| Pulaski, TN single city | 1 | $13,588.72 | $13,588.72 | $13,588.72 | 1.0× |
| Rapid City, SD | 2 | $7,316.38 | $9,999.06 | $12,681.74 | 1.7× |
| Reading, PA | 1 | $12,077.48 | $12,077.48 | $12,077.48 | 1.0× |
| Redding, CA | 1 | $9,286.00 | $9,286.00 | $9,286.00 | 1.0× |
| Reno, NV | 1 | $7,892.00 | $7,892.00 | $7,892.00 | 1.0× |
| Rexburg, ID | 1 | $6,102.75 | $6,102.75 | $6,102.75 | 1.0× |
| Richmond, VA one side | 4 | $32,249.32 | $38,637.57 | $45,101.49 | 1.4× |
| Rifle, CO | 1 | $12,218.00 | $12,218.00 | $12,218.00 | 1.0× |
| Ripley, WV one side single city | 1 | $6,519.67 | $6,519.67 | $6,519.67 | 1.0× |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 6 | $9,001.20 | $9,001.20 | $9,286.00 | 1.0× |
| Roanoke, VA one side | 1 | $22,407.29 | $22,407.29 | $22,407.29 | 1.0× |
| Rochester, NY | 1 | $3,451.98 | $3,451.98 | $3,451.98 | 1.0× |
| Rolla, MO one side | 1 | $15,708.11 | $15,708.11 | $15,708.11 | 1.0× |
| Roswell, NM | 1 | $9,114.99 | $9,114.99 | $9,114.99 | 1.0× |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 4 | $9,586.95 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | 1.9× |
| Salem, OH | 1 | $6,831.00 | $6,831.00 | $6,831.00 | 1.0× |
| Salida, CO single city | 1 | $10,682.80 | $10,682.80 | $10,682.80 | 1.0× |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 10 | $4,833.36 | $6,917.28 | $33,927.57 | 7.0× |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 11 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | $33,620.40 | 1.8× |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 2 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | 1.0× |
| Sandersville, GA single city | 1 | $13,637.50 | $13,637.50 | $13,637.50 | 1.0× |
| Sandusky, MI single city | 1 | $1,721.60 | $1,721.60 | $1,721.60 | 1.0× |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 2 | $1,541.22 | $9,870.61 | $18,200.00 | 11.8× |
| Savannah, TN single city | 1 | $1,053.17 | $1,053.17 | $1,053.17 | 1.0× |
| Scottsboro, AL one side | 1 | $20,633.30 | $20,633.30 | $20,633.30 | 1.0× |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | $19,716.96 | $19,716.96 | $19,716.96 | 1.0× |
| Seaford, DE | 2 | $2,000.00 | $3,725.53 | $5,451.05 | 2.7× |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3 | $12,140.04 | $60,531.60 | $92,667.20 | 7.6× |
| Sebring, FL | 1 | $59,623.90 | $59,623.90 | $59,623.90 | 1.0× |
| Sedalia, MO one side | 1 | $1,010.01 | $1,010.01 | $1,010.01 | 1.0× |
| Shattuck, OK single city | 1 | $3,013.42 | $3,013.42 | $3,013.42 | 1.0× |
| Shawano, WI | 1 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 1.0× |
| Shenandoah, IA single city | 1 | $5,300.75 | $5,300.75 | $5,300.75 | 1.0× |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 1 | $4,919.40 | $4,919.40 | $4,919.40 | 1.0× |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 1 | $17,937.70 | $17,937.70 | $17,937.70 | 1.0× |
| Sidney, MT single city | 1 | $2,073.09 | $2,073.09 | $2,073.09 | 1.0× |
| Sikeston, MO | 1 | $1,645.19 | $1,645.19 | $1,645.19 | 1.0× |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $5,728.17 | $5,728.17 | $5,728.17 | 1.0× |
| Spencer, WV single city | 1 | $18,573.00 | $18,573.00 | $18,573.00 | 1.0× |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 1 | $9,286.25 | $9,286.25 | $9,286.25 | 1.0× |
| Springerville, AZ single city | 1 | $5,636.59 | $5,636.59 | $5,636.59 | 1.0× |
| Springfield, MA | 1 | $7,409.00 | $7,409.00 | $7,409.00 | 1.0× |
| Springfield, MO | 3 | $5,514.30 | $24,632.72 | $24,632.72 | 4.5× |
| Springfield, OH one side | 1 | $31,535.18 | $31,535.18 | $31,535.18 | 1.0× |
| St. Johnsbury, VT single city | 1 | $1,716.00 | $1,716.00 | $1,716.00 | 1.0× |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 5 | $4,631.58 | $19,898.63 | $24,392.29 | 5.3× |
| Staples, MN single city | 1 | $1,492.96 | $1,492.96 | $1,492.96 | 1.0× |
| Starkville, MS | 1 | $1,842.56 | $1,842.56 | $1,842.56 | 1.0× |
| Ste. Genevieve, MO single city | 1 | $1,038.50 | $1,038.50 | $1,038.50 | 1.0× |
| Sterling, IL | 1 | $17,181.00 | $17,181.00 | $17,181.00 | 1.0× |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | 1.0× |
| Summersville, WV one side single city | 1 | $7,744.00 | $7,744.00 | $7,744.00 | 1.0× |
| Sylva, NC single city | 1 | $17,086.17 | $17,086.17 | $17,086.17 | 1.0× |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 5 | $54,655.25 | $54,655.25 | $54,655.25 | 1.0× |
| Temple, TX single city | 1 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | 1.0× |
| Toccoa, GA | 1 | $15,900.00 | $15,900.00 | $15,900.00 | 1.0× |
| Toledo, OH | 4 | $50,522.49 | $53,218.53 | $60,934.41 | 1.2× |
| Topeka, KS | 1 | $9,461.25 | $9,461.25 | $9,461.25 | 1.0× |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 1 | $5,110.00 | $5,110.00 | $5,110.00 | 1.0× |
| Tucson, AZ | 6 | $1,381.80 | $18,073.05 | $29,996.80 | 21.7× |
| Twin Falls, ID | 1 | $12,106.00 | $12,106.00 | $12,106.00 | 1.0× |
| Upper Sandusky, OH single city | 1 | $4,322.66 | $4,322.66 | $4,322.66 | 1.0× |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 4 | $5,375.30 | $5,375.30 | $9,290.45 | 1.7× |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 2 | $822.00 | $12,018.08 | $23,214.16 | 28.2× |
| Vallejo, CA | 3 | $18,200.00 | $18,200.00 | $20,575.00 | 1.1× |
| Vicksburg, MS | 1 | $18,538.94 | $18,538.94 | $18,538.94 | 1.0× |
| Victoria, TX | 2 | $18,524.20 | $18,524.20 | $18,524.20 | 1.0× |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 4 | $5,155.21 | $34,720.98 | $52,865.65 | 10.3× |
| Waco, TX | 1 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | $6,243.34 | 1.0× |
| Warsaw, IN | 1 | $21,644.47 | $21,644.47 | $21,644.47 | 1.0× |
| Warsaw, NY one side single city | 1 | $33,432.00 | $33,432.00 | $33,432.00 | 1.0× |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 1 | $7,025.07 | $7,025.07 | $7,025.07 | 1.0× |
| Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 1 | $5,939.20 | $5,939.20 | $5,939.20 | 1.0× |
| Watford City, ND single city | 1 | $12,319.45 | $12,319.45 | $12,319.45 | 1.0× |
| Waupaca, WI single city | 1 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 1.0× |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 1 | $15,916.57 | $15,916.57 | $15,916.57 | 1.0× |
| Wheeling, WV-OH one side | 2 | $8,912.75 | $10,274.88 | $11,637.00 | 1.3× |
| Wild Rose, WI single city | 1 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | $11,779.38 | 1.0× |
| Willimantic, CT single city | 1 | $5,630.00 | $5,630.00 | $5,630.00 | 1.0× |
| Wilson, NC | 1 | $12,462.40 | $12,462.40 | $12,462.40 | 1.0× |
| Winchester, TN | 1 | $17,233.67 | $17,233.67 | $17,233.67 | 1.0× |
| Winner, SD single city | 1 | $6,325.00 | $6,325.00 | $6,325.00 | 1.0× |
| Wolfeboro, NH one side single city | 1 | $19,908.00 | $19,908.00 | $19,908.00 | 1.0× |
| Worcester, MA | 3 | $42,995.18 | $54,410.66 | $54,870.55 | 1.3× |
| Wytheville, VA single city | 1 | $21,390.84 | $21,390.84 | $21,390.84 | 1.0× |
| Yakima, WA | 1 | $3,104.40 | $3,104.40 | $3,104.40 | 1.0× |
| Youngstown-Warren, OH | 3 | $23,725.04 | $33,990.04 | $42,151.88 | 1.8× |
| Zanesville, OH | 1 | $24,358.81 | $24,358.81 | $24,358.81 | 1.0× |
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
Highest The highest cash price among those hospitals. A single very high price can be an error in the file; check the median too.
Highest ÷ lowest How many times the highest cash price is above the lowest in the same market.
Common questions
What is CPT code 29888?
CPT 29888 is the billing code for arthroscopic ACL reconstruction or repair of the knee. ACL reconstruction rebuilds a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the knee with a tendon graft, using a small camera and instruments through small cuts. It is commonly done for knee instability after a sports or twisting injury.
Will meniscus work change the price?
Yes. Repairing or trimming a torn meniscus in the same surgery is billed with additional codes, which usually adds to the total.
How long is recovery?
Physical therapy usually lasts several months, and a return to sports often takes around 9 months or longer. Your surgeon will give a specific plan.
Is it cheaper to pay cash or use insurance for ACL reconstruction?
It depends on your deductible. Until you meet it, you pay your plan's negotiated rate, not the cash price. In hospital price files the highest negotiated rate for ACL reconstruction has a median of $15,945.88 and the lowest a median of $2,120.77; at 427 of 552 hospitals the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate. A cash payment may not count toward your deductible, so ask your plan for its rate at that hospital first.
Which states have the cheapest ACL reconstruction?
Among 38 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Arkansas ($2,867.63), Minnesota ($3,167.10) and Oregon ($4,224.00), and highest in Ohio ($37,237.63), Virginia ($32,249.32) and Massachusetts ($28,903.78). Prices vary as much between hospitals in the same state, so compare hospitals near you.
Other knee arthroscopy prices
Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.