CPT 29880

Arthroscopy - Lower Extremity

Current code46 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

Medicare (traditional): Traditional Medicare. Applies only to people on original Medicare.

Prices for CPT 29880 by hospital
Hospital	Medicare (traditional) rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
BHC Fairfax HospitalKirkland	—	$1,073	$1,073
Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee	—	$1,850	$2,056
Island HospitalAnacortes	—	$259 – $1,295	$259 – $1,295
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,049Doctor’s fee: $682 – $1,049	$1,614Doctor’s fee: $1,049 – $1,614
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle	—	$2,399	$2,399
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster	Doctor’s fee: $561 – $646	Doctor’s fee: $1,161	Doctor’s fee: $1,161
Trios HealthKennewick	$3,359at least 5 plans	—	$21,663 – $97,143
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$4,005	$7,853

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): $591 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $537 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 29880:

29880P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)