How much does knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy cost in Ohio?
CPT 29881 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
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29881 Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy
Market typical price
$3,724
96 facilities · typical range $3,096 – $9,422 · 1.1× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$3,724
Medicare $3,245
$559 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $49,703
What Medicare paysⓘ
$3,245
Market typical
$3,724
Cash / self-pay price
$13,066
Prices near you — 96 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $559cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) | Hospital | $1,162negotiated | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Knox Community Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Hospital | $1,170cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $1,301cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $2,010cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $2,010cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $2,010cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) | Hospital | $2,319cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $2,553negotiated | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland) | Hospital | $2,590negotiated | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) | Hospital | $2,813negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $2,998negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $3,008negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $3,052negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Coshocton Regional Medical Center (Coshocton) | Hospital | $3,080cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| East Liverpool City Hospital (East Liverpool) | Hospital | $3,080cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $3,096negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $3,098negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $3,127negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $3,127negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $3,140negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $3,142negotiated | 1.0× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $3,155negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $3,155negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $3,165negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $3,186negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $3,187negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) | Hospital | $3,188negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $3,219negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $3,219negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $3,343negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $3,374negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $3,387negotiated | 1.0× | — |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $3,394negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $3,553cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $3,686negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $3,761negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $4,165cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $4,231negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $4,542negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Summa Health System (Akron) | Hospital | $4,863negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) | Hospital | $4,863negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $5,137negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $5,483negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $6,191negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) | Hospital | $6,353negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Insight Hospital And Medical Center Trumbull (Warren) | Hospital | $6,800cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $6,957negotiated | 2.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $7,130negotiated | 2.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $7,198negotiated | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $7,362cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg) | Hospital | $7,370cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $7,415negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) | Hospital | $7,853negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) | Hospital | $7,853negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) | Hospital | $7,853negotiated | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $8,129negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $8,129negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $8,152negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $8,152negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $8,152negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $8,179negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $8,179negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) | Hospital | $9,422negotiated | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) | Hospital | $9,422negotiated | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $9,422negotiated | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $9,456negotiated | 2.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) | Hospital | $9,477cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Mh St Joseph Warren Hospital (Warren) | Hospital | $10,768cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mercy Medical Center (Canton) | Hospital | $10,962cash | 3.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Llc (Mason) | Hospital | $13,066cash | 4.0× | — |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $13,110cash | 4.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital (Defiance) | Hospital | $13,117cash | 4.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) | Hospital | $13,317cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) | Hospital | $13,603cash | 4.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $14,201cash | 4.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital (Batavia) | Hospital | $15,036cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $16,244cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital (Tiffin) | Hospital | $16,493cash | 5.1× | ★★★★★ |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) gross charge | Hospital | $20,549cash | 6.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) gross charge | Hospital | $24,465cash | 7.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) gross charge | Hospital | $26,245cash | 8.1× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) gross charge | Hospital | $27,976cash | 8.6× | — |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) gross charge | Hospital | $28,561cash | 8.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) gross charge | Hospital | $30,590cash | 9.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) gross charge | Hospital | $38,079cash | 11.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center (Boardman) gross charge | Hospital | $47,101cash | 14.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.8% |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital (Fairfield) gross charge | Hospital | $49,703cash | 15.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
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. 10 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 29881 cost in Ohio?
For knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy (CPT 29881) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $3,724, with hospitals ranging from $3,096 to $9,422 across 96 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $3,245, the benchmark every published rate is measured against. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy (CPT 29881) in Ohio is around $3,724, with hospital prices ranging from $3,096 to $9,422 across 96 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 29881?
Medicare pays about $3,245 for knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy (CPT 29881). 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 knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy?
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.