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Knee arthroscopy, both menisci in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 24 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 29880

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$2,0470.7×12026-06-01
Mercyone Newton Medical Center Newton$3,3431.1×202026-03-31
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$3,3431.1×222026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$3,3431.1×182026-03-31
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$3,3431.1×202026-03-31
Adair County Memorial Hospital Greenfield$3,4131.1×22026-09-02
Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda$3,6021.1×12026-07-13
Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning$3,6411.2×22026-07-01
Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hawarden$4,1861.3×12026-04-24
Boone County Hospital Boone$4,6431.5×12026-07-27
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$4,7421.5×32025-11-19
Madison County Health Care System Winterset$4,8711.5×12026-09-23
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$5,1021.6×42025-11-19
Finley Hospital Dubuque$5,2051.6×62026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$5,4861.7×42026-01-28
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$5,7021.8×12026-01-28
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$5,8401.9×22026-06-27
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$6,3632.0×22026-09-01
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$6,6392.0×52026-02-15
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$7,0232.2×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$7,2052.3×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$7,9692.5×32026-01-28
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$9,8753.0×62026-02-28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$9,9293.2×32026-07-23

Questions

How much do insurers pay for knee arthroscopy, both menisci in Iowa?

24 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for knee arthroscopy, both menisci in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 29880, hospital outpatient, the median across 24 hospitals is $4,987, 1.6× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.