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Knee Arthroscopy With Meniscus Repair

Utah 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?

$5,500

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$110 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,138 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,511Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $59 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,129professional $372

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
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,165.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$5,500

$372 physician + $5,129 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.