CPT 29874

Arthroscopy - Lower Extremity

Current code42 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicaid (state program): Washington Apple Health fee-for-service. Applies only to Medicaid enrollees.

Prices for CPT 29874 by hospital
Hospital	Medicaid (state program) rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee	—	$5,532	$6,147
Island HospitalAnacortes	—	$1,235	$1,235
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$350 – $1,000Doctor’s fee: $650 – $1,000	$539 – $1,539Doctor’s fee: $1,000 – $1,539
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle	$63.70 – $319at least 1 plan	$458	$458 – $2,288
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster	Doctor’s fee: $155 – $776	Doctor’s fee: $221 – $1,108	Doctor’s fee: $221 – $1,108
Trios HealthKennewick	—	—	$30,092
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$3,977	$7,799

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County): $560 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $510 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $3,343 (APC 5113)
Surgery center payment (national): $1,645

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 29874:

29874P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)
29874T (with a letter after it, T; 1 price line)