Knee arthroscopy at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. CPT 29881.

What Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated March 27, 2026.

Outpatient / ER

$5,486cash price (self-pay)

$21,090list price

$2,829–$18,087range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
[AmeriHealth Caritas] \| [MA]	$2,829
[Highmark Wholecare] \| [MA]	$2,829
[Geisinger] \| [CHIP]	$2,995
[Health Partners Plans] \| [CHIP]	$3,095
[PA Health & Wellness] \| [MA]	$3,112
[Health Partners Plans] \| [MA]	$3,195
[Highmark] \| [Medicare]	$3,295
[AmeriHealth Caritas] \| [Medicare]	$3,328
[CBC] \| [Medicare]	$3,328
[Geisinger] \| [Medicare]	$3,328
[Highmark] \| [CHIP]	$3,328
[Highmark Wholecare] \| [Medicare]	$3,328
[IBC] \| [Medicare]	$3,328
[UHC] \| [Medicare]	$3,328
[Aetna] \| [Medicare]	$3,361
[HealthSpring] \| [Medicare]	$3,361
[Humana] \| [Medicare]	$3,361
[Health Partners Plans] \| [Medicare]	$3,394
[UPMC] \| [Medicare]	$3,394
[PA Health & Wellness] \| [Medicare]	$3,428
[Point Comfort Underwriters] \| [Medicare]	$4,160
[Aetna Better Health] \| [CHIP]	$5,420
[Upmc] \| [MA]	$7,603
[UHC] \| [Chip]	$8,288
[Upmc] \| [Chip]	$8,944
[Cbc] \| [Chip]	$9,476
[IBC] \| [Comm]	$10,482
[Aetna] \| [Comm]	$10,612
[Aetna Signature Administrators] \| [Comm]	$10,772
[CBC] \| [Comm]	$11,148

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