CPT 29879

Arthroscopy - Lower Extremity

Current code39 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

Commercial insurance: Rate negotiated with a private insurer or employer plan, including exchange and public-option plans.

Prices for CPT 29879 by hospital
HospitalCommercial insurance rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
Capital Medical CenterOlympiaFile dated 2026-08-27$5,228 – $16,92817 plans——
Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee—$2,177$2,419
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokaneFile dated 2026-08-27$5,073 – $13,2769 plans——
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$6,062 – $8,0663 plans——
Highline Medical CenterBurienFile dated 2026-02-28$6,630 – $14,80713 plans——
Island HospitalAnacortes$2,428 – $7,0297 plans——
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichlandFile dated 2026-04-01$1,128 – $11,4579 plans——
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01$7,292 – $13,32010 plans$1,234Doctor’s fee: $802 – $1,234$1,898Doctor’s fee: $1,234 – $1,898
Mary Bridge Children's HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27$4,976 – $23,4119 plans——
MultiCare Auburn Medical CenterAuburnFile dated 2026-08-27$4,570 – $15,70617 plans——
MultiCare Covington Medical CenterCovingtonFile dated 2026-08-27$4,570 – $15,70617 plans——
MultiCare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallupFile dated 2026-08-27$4,570 – $15,70612 plans——
MultiCare Valley HospitalSpokane ValleyFile dated 2026-08-27$4,933 – $13,24610 plans——
Olympic Medical CenterPort AngelesFile dated 2026-06-24———
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevueFile dated 2026-04-01$3,980 – $12,31916 plans——
Prov Sacred HRT Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.SpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01$6,162 – $18,22913 plans——
Providence Centralia HospitalCentraliaFile dated 2026-04-01$6,403 – $23,73310 plans——
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01$4,375 – $13,36713 plans——
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverettFile dated 2026-04-01$4,471 – $12,90214 plans——
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla WallaFile dated 2026-04-01$2,868 – $16,3988 plans——
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympiaFile dated 2026-04-01$3,199 – $14,70113 plans——
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle$220 – $2,258at least 58 plans$564 – $84,845$564 – $2,822
St Anthony HospitalGig HarborFile dated 2026-02-28$6,630 – $16,18116 plans——
St Clare HospitalLakewoodFile dated 2026-02-28$6,630 – $16,18116 plans——
St Elizabeth HospitalEnumclawFile dated 2026-02-28$6,630 – $13,69910 plans——
St Francis Community HospitalFederal WayFile dated 2026-02-28$6,630 – $16,18116 plans——
St Joseph Medical CenterTacomaFile dated 2026-02-28$6,630 – $16,18116 plans——
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdaleFile dated 2026-02-28$7,563 – $14,0468 plans——
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmondsFile dated 2026-04-01$2,443 – $13,85216 plans——
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01$5,699 – $16,11616 plans——
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$5,683 – $16,07123 plans——
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$5,683 – $16,07117 plans——
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27$4,570 – $15,70617 plans——
Trios HealthKennewick——$22,249
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$6,062 – $13,54511 plans——
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle$19.55 – $12,90010 plans$3,627$7,111
Wellfound Behavioral Health HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27$9,6361 plan——
WhidbeyHealth Medical CenterCoupeville—$2,003 – $5,200$2,003 – $5,200
Yakima Valley MemorialYakimaFile dated 2026-08-27$4,542 – $11,94114 plans——

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, 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)
$688 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington
$627 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 29879:

  • 29879P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)