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Posted commercial rates at 92 California hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.
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CPT 29881
| Hospital | Median across insurers | × Medicare | Insurers | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northbay Medical Center Fairfield | $3,128 | 0.7× | 2 | 2026-04-01 |
| Oroville Hospital Oroville | $4,023 | 1.0× | 5 | 2026-09-27 |
| Foothill Regional Medical Center Tustin | $4,024 | 1.0× | 4 | 2026-03-18 |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville | $4,185 | 1.0× | 4 | 2026-09-01 |
| Pacifica Hospital Of The Valley Sun Valley | $4,188 | 1.0× | 6 | 2026-09-27 |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino | $4,188 | 1.0× | 7 | 2026-09-01 |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks | $4,188 | 1.0× | 4 | 2026-09-01 |
| Community Hospital Of Huntington Park Huntington Park | $4,449 | 1.1× | 16 | 2026-02-04 |
| Memorial Hospital Of Gardena Gardena | $4,449 | 1.1× | 16 | 2026-02-04 |
| East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles | $4,449 | 1.1× | 17 | 2026-02-04 |
| Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk | $4,449 | 1.1× | 16 | 2026-02-04 |
| Los Angeles Community Hospital Los Angeles | $4,547 | 1.1× | 3 | 2026-03-18 |
| St Rose Hospital Hayward | $4,615 | 1.0× | 6 | 2026-02-23 |
| Loma Linda University Children'S Hospital Loma Linda | $4,629 | 1.1× | 9 | 2026-09-02 |
| San Dimas Community Hospital San Dimas | $4,816 | 1.1× | 8 | 2026-09-01 |
| Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Los Angeles | $5,116 | 1.2× | 2 | 2026-03-12 |
| Paradise Valley Hospital National City | $5,444 | 1.3× | 5 | 2026-09-01 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills | $5,475 | 1.3× | 6 | 2026-04-01 |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood | $5,622 | 1.3× | 8 | 2026-09-01 |
| John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus Walnut Creek | $5,775 | 1.3× | 13 | 2026-03-23 |
| Community Regional Medical Center Fresno | $5,816 | 1.4× | 8 | 2026-06-18 |
| Clovis Community Medical Center Clovis | $5,816 | 1.4× | 8 | 2026-06-15 |
| Fresno Surgical Hospital Fresno | $5,816 | 1.4× | 3 | 2026-06-16 |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma | $5,863 | 1.4× | 3 | 2026-09-01 |
| Ucla West Valley Medical Center West Hills | $5,934 | 1.4× | 3 | 2026-03-29 |
| Riverside Community Hospital Riverside | $5,936 | 1.4× | 8 | 2026-09-01 |
| Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale | $6,002 | 1.4× | 6 | 2026-04-01 |
| Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside | $6,018 | 1.4× | 7 | 2026-05-29 |
| Shasta Regional Medical Center Redding | $6,072 | 1.4× | 4 | 2026-09-01 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Ctr Burbank | $6,149 | 1.5× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana | $6,149 | 1.5× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Little Co Of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro San Pedro | $6,580 | 1.6× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Little Company Of Mary Med Ctr Torrance Torrance | $6,592 | 1.6× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| Southern California Hospital At Hollywood Hollywood | $6,651 | 1.6× | 3 | 2026-03-18 |
| Uci Health-Lakewood Lakewood | $6,838 | 1.6× | 6 | 2026-04-01 |
| Saint Agnes Medical Center Fresno | $7,115 | 1.7× | 20 | 2026-03-31 |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego | $7,154 | 1.7× | 5 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla | $7,154 | 1.7× | 5 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla | $7,154 | 1.7× | 5 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas Encinitas | $7,154 | 1.7× | 5 | 2026-03-30 |
| Palomar Health Downtown Campus Escondido | $7,246 | 1.7× | 2 | 2026-04-01 |
| Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical Center Los Angeles | $7,294 | 1.7× | 6 | 2026-03-29 |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway | $7,760 | 1.8× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta Murrieta | $7,996 | 1.9× | 9 | 2026-09-02 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose | $8,032 | 1.7× | 9 | 2026-09-01 |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton | $8,356 | 1.8× | 4 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center Fountain Valley | $8,357 | 2.0× | 10 | 2026-04-01 |
| Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital Santa Monica | $8,653 | 2.1× | 5 | 2026-03-29 |
| Keck Hospital Of Usc Los Angeles | $8,770 | 2.1× | 9 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center Laguna Hills | $8,840 | 2.1× | 10 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorialcare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach | $9,469 | 2.3× | 9 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Zion San Diego | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Riverside Riverside | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Moreno Valley Moreno Valley | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos | $9,573 | 2.3× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo | $9,645 | 2.3× | 6 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange | $9,744 | 2.3× | 6 | 2026-04-01 |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica | $9,834 | 2.3× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center Fullerton | $9,891 | 2.4× | 6 | 2026-04-01 |
| Rady Children'S Hospital - San Diego San Diego | $10,038 | 2.4× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| St Mary's Medical Center San Francisco | $10,378 | 2.2× | 7 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna | $12,165 | 2.9× | 3 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco | $12,278 | 2.6× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara Santa Clara | $12,278 | 2.5× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek | $12,278 | 2.7× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco | $12,278 | 2.6× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Regional Medical Center Of San Jose San Jose | $12,278 | 2.5× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento | $12,278 | 2.9× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont | $12,278 | 2.7× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City | $12,278 | 2.6× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Rosa Santa Rosa | $12,278 | 2.8× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno Fresno | $12,278 | 2.9× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch | $12,278 | 2.7× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville Vacaville | $12,278 | 2.7× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville | $12,278 | 2.9× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro | $12,278 | 2.7× | 1 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley | $12,648 | 3.0× | 4 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa | $12,852 | 2.9× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| Valley Children'S Hospital Madera | $13,270 | 3.1× | 2 | 2026-04-01 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach | $14,138 | 3.4× | 4 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | $14,401 | 3.4× | 4 | 2026-04-01 |
| Mission Community Hospital Panorama City | $16,060 | 3.8× | 2 | 2026-09-01 |
| Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center Thousand Oaks | $16,402 | 3.9× | 5 | 2026-09-01 |
| University Of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento | $16,574 | 3.9× | 2 | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Queen Of The Valley Medical Center Napa | $16,652 | 4.0× | 5 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles | $25,517 | 6.1× | 3 | 2025-11-26 |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford | $28,573 | 5.9× | 3 | 2026-04-01 |
Questions
How much do insurers pay for knee arthroscopy (meniscectomy) in California?
92 California hospitals post usable commercial rates for knee arthroscopy (meniscectomy) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 29881, hospital outpatient, the median across 92 hospitals is $8,357, 1.9× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.