How much does ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic cost in Florida?
CPT 29888 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Florida.
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29888 ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic
Market typical price
$11,754
71 facilities · typical range $7,918 – $16,115 · 1.6× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$11,754
Medicare $7,144
$642 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $54,655
What Medicare paysⓘ
$7,144
Market typical
$11,754
Cash / self-pay price
$21,094
Prices near you — 71 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broward Health Medical Center (Fort Lauderdale) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $642cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1,113negotiated | 0.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.9% |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center (Tenet, West Palm Beach) | Hospital | $2,235negotiated | 0.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| St. Mary's Medical Center (Tenet, West Palm Beach) [Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute] | Hospital | $2,322negotiated | 0.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston Hospital | Hospital | $4,090cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital (Stuart) | Hospital | $4,090cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville | Hospital | $4,305negotiated | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Baptist Medical Center Beaches (Jacksonville Beach) | Hospital | $4,305negotiated | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Baptist Gulf Breeze Hospital [ORTHO-FOCUSED: Andrews Institute] | Hospital | $6,461negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Venice | Hospital | $6,553negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Baptist Hospital (Pensacola) | Hospital | $7,171negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville) | Hospital | $7,374negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| UF Health The Villages Hospital | Hospital | $7,529negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| UF Health St. Johns – Flagler Hospital (St. Augustine) | Hospital | $7,578negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| UF Health Jacksonville (Shands Jacksonville) | Hospital | $7,578negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Halifax Health Medical Center (Daytona Beach) | Hospital | $7,578negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| BayCare Mease Countryside Hospital (Safety Harbor) | Hospital | $7,888negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Broward Health North (Deerfield Beach) | Hospital | $7,918negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5% |
| Broward Health Coral Springs | Hospital | $7,918negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| AdventHealth Daytona Beach | Hospital | $7,956negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Tampa General Hospital (Tampa) | Hospital | $8,032negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare | Hospital | $8,210negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.2% |
| BayCare Morton Plant Hospital (Clearwater) | Hospital | $8,246negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital (Tampa) | Hospital | $8,246negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| BayCare St. Anthony's Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $8,246negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Memorial Hospital West (Pembroke Pines) | Hospital | $8,335negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar | Hospital | $8,411negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| NCH Baker Hospital / Naples Community Hospital (Naples) | Hospital | $9,693negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital (Sanford) | Hospital | $11,554negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| HCA Florida Osceola Hospital (Kissimmee) | Hospital | $11,554negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Westside Hospital (Plantation) | Hospital | $11,754negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Mercy Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $11,754negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.1% |
| HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $11,754negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital (Atlantis) | Hospital | $11,754negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida Palms West Hospital (Loxahatchee) | Hospital | $11,754negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Aventura Hospital | Hospital | $11,754negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| HCA Florida Northwest Hospital (Margate) | Hospital | $11,754negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital | Hospital | $11,800negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Largo Hospital | Hospital | $11,800negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| HCA Florida Trinity Hospital | Hospital | $11,800negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital (Hudson) | Hospital | $11,800negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | Hospital | $11,800negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| HCA Florida Northside Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $11,800negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital | Hospital | $12,361negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.5% |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital (Bradenton) | Hospital | $12,361negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida UCF Lake Nona Hospital (Orlando) | Hospital | $12,500negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Oviedo Medical Center | Hospital | $13,099negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.1% |
| Mayo Clinic Florida (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $13,605negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.8% |
| Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital | Hospital | $13,640negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| HCA Florida Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $14,110negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| UHealth Tower – University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (Miami) | Hospital | $14,176negotiated | 2.0× | — |
| Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $14,362negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (incl. Jewett Orthopedic Institute) | Hospital | $14,362negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital (Tallahassee) | Hospital | $16,115negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital | Hospital | $16,132negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Ocala Hospital | Hospital | $16,840negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 6.2% |
| Lee Health Cape Coral Hospital | Hospital | $18,926cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.6% |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola | Hospital | $19,776negotiated | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Lee Health Lee Memorial Hospital (Fort Myers) | Hospital | $19,808cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville) | Hospital | $19,813negotiated | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.6% |
| HCA Florida West Hospital (Pensacola) | Hospital | $19,813negotiated | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| AdventHealth Orlando (incl. Altamonte Springs, Celebration, Winter Park, East Orlando, Apopka, Kissimmee campuses – one CCN/MRF) | Hospital | $20,422cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Lee Health Gulf Coast Medical Center (Fort Myers) | Hospital | $21,765cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital | Hospital | $22,763negotiated | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $27,040negotiated | 3.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $27,040negotiated | 3.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| AdventHealth Ocala gross charge | Hospital | $39,749cash | 5.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Holy Cross Health (Fort Lauderdale) gross charge | Hospital | $42,568cash | 6.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center – Pine Ridge (Naples) gross charge | Hospital | $53,812cash | 7.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| AdventHealth Wesley Chapel gross charge | Hospital | $54,655cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| AdventHealth Tampa gross charge | Hospital | $54,655cash | 7.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 7 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 29888 cost in Florida?
For ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic (CPT 29888) in Florida, a fair self-pay price is around $11,754, with hospitals ranging from $7,918 to $16,115 across 71 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $7,144, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic cost in Florida?
A fair self-pay price for ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic (CPT 29888) in Florida is around $11,754, with hospital prices ranging from $7,918 to $16,115 across 71 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 29888?
Medicare pays about $7,144 for ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic (CPT 29888). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.