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Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29882

Keyhole surgery in which a torn meniscus, the C-shaped cartilage cushion between the thigh and shin bones, is stitched back together rather than trimmed away. The surgeon works through small punctures with a camera and passes sutures or anchors across the tear so it can knit. Saving the cushion protects the joint, but calls for a longer period of protected weight-bearing than trimming does.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair cost?

$4,068

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,068 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$692 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,950 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,715Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 20th of 51

$4,068

$832 physician + $3,236 facility

WI $7,904MT $2,218

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.