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Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair in New York, NY-NJ costs $1,625 to $35,455. Here's every hospital's price.

30 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area publish a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair (CPT 29881). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 30 hospitals list a cash price for knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair (CPT 29881). The lowest is $1,625 at Bronxcare Hospital Center, the median is $3,868 and the highest is $35,455 at Hudson Regional Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 22 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $3,868 is in line with the national median of $3,794 across 521 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

44 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $225 to $66,903. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between January 2026 and September 2026. 66 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$1,625
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
Bronxcare Hospital Center · 8 mi
$2,243 below the median
$3,868
median cash price
30 hospitals
22×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
30/110
hospitals with a cash price
66 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Bronxcare Hospital Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File May 2026

$1,625
list $1,625 · lowest of 4 lines
2
Kings County Hospital Center

Brooklyn · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,343
list $1,548 · lowest of 3 lines
3
Bellevue Hospital Center

New York · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,343
list $1,500 · lowest of 7 lines
4
Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica · 1 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,343
list $1,495 · lowest of 7 lines
5
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center

Brooklyn · 7 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,343
list $1,548 · lowest of 9 lines
6
Newton Medical Center

Newton · 54 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,546
list $31,473
7
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

Denville · 36 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,794
list $20,778 · lowest of 3 lines
8
Saint Michael's Medical Center

Newark · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,794
list $24,345
9
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,840
list $9,625 · lowest of 3 lines
10
Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,840
list $11,626 · lowest of 3 lines
11
Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst · 4 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,840
list $9,625 · lowest of 4 lines
12
South Brooklyn Health

Brooklyn · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$3,840
list $9,625 · lowest of 2 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 29881. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 29881, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair

CPT 29881 is a keyhole knee operation to trim a torn meniscus, the cartilage cushion in the knee. It is one of the most common orthopedic procedures, done as an outpatient in 30 to 60 minutes under general or spinal anesthesia, with a few weeks of recovery.

What the price covers

The hospital's price is the facility fee: operating room, arthroscopy equipment, nursing, supplies and recovery. The surgeon and the anesthesia provider bill separately. Post-operative physical therapy and a knee brace are separate.

Is it needed?

For degenerative meniscus tears in middle age, trials have found physical therapy works as well as arthroscopy for many patients. If the tear is degenerative rather than from an injury, it is reasonable to ask whether a course of therapy first would be sensible.

Why prices vary

The same operation is priced several times higher at some hospitals than others in the same area, and ambulatory surgery centers, which do not publish these files, are often the cheapest option. Ownership and system size drive hospital prices more than anything else.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 29881, and what do surgeon and anesthesia add?
  • Are additional codes likely (chondroplasty, a second compartment), and what do they cost?
  • Could it be done at an ambulatory surgery center?

Hospitals in New York, NY-NJ without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask