CPT 29888

Arthroscopy - Lower Extremity

Current code44 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

Other government program: TRICARE, VA, Indian Health Service, workers' compensation, or another public program.

Prices for CPT 29888 by hospital
Hospital	Other government program rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee	—	$15,386	$17,096
Island HospitalAnacortes	$8,660 – $9,1163 plans	$444 – $2,220	$444 – $2,220
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$630 – $1,799Doctor’s fee: $1,169 – $1,799	$969 – $2,768Doctor’s fee: $1,799 – $2,768
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle	$242 – $1,212at least 1 plan	$823 – $4,114	$823 – $4,114
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster	—	Doctor’s fee: $155 – $1,986	Doctor’s fee: $155 – $1,986
Trios HealthKennewick	$7,3966 plans	—	$67,104
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$12,140	$23,804

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): $971 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $891 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $7,413 (APC 5114)
Surgery center payment (national): $4,817

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 29888:

29888P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)
29888T (with a letter after it, T; 1 price line)