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Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics

SheltonMason CountyCritical Access Hospitals

Knee arthroscopy (meniscus)

Quality: 2 of 5 (CMS overall rating)Earliest available date: call (360) 426-1611

What you may pay

With insurance from an employer or private plan
$597Only one plan lists a price here:
  • Molina $597 Lower than typical
Typical at 34 hospitals we cover: $8,608 to $10,283 (each hospital’s middle plan price, hospital’s fee). Don’t see your plan? Ask your insurer for its rate here.
Paying yourself (cash price)
$1,787Typical hospital’s fee at 5 hospitals we cover: $1,781 to $4,200.

These are prices the hospital published, not a quote. With insurance you usually pay part of the rate (your deductible and coinsurance); the estimator on the procedure page works it out. A higher price does not mean better care.

Doctors usually bill separately. At most hospitals these are the hospital’s own charges. The surgeon, radiologist, anesthesiologist or pathologist usually sends a separate bill: ask each of them for an estimate too.

Source: Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics’s own price file. CareNavIQ last refreshed prices on 2026-11-09.

Next step: ask the hospital for a Good Faith Estimate for this procedure (phone number above).

4 published prices, grouped by who each price applies to.

Cash price 1 price

The hospital's discounted price for patients paying without insurance.

PricePart of the billHospital’s descriptionHow it’s setSettingSource date
$1,787Surgeon’s fee29881 Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscectomy (medial OR lateral) including chondroplasty—Outpatient—

List price (before discounts) 1 price

The hospital's full chargemaster price. Few patients pay this amount.

PricePart of the billHospital’s descriptionHow it’s setSettingSource date
$2,382Surgeon’s fee29881 Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscectomy (medial OR lateral) including chondroplasty—Outpatient—

Commercial insurance 1 price

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

PayerPlanPricePart of the billHospital’s descriptionHow it’s setSettingSource date
MolinaCommercial$597Surgeon’s fee29881 Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscectomy (medial OR lateral) including chondroplastyfee scheduleOutpatient—

Medicare Advantage 1 price

Rate for a private Medicare Advantage plan. Applies only to members of that plan.

PayerPlanPricePart of the billHospital’s descriptionHow it’s setSettingSource date
Blue Cross Blue ShieldMedicare Advantage$597Surgeon’s fee29881 Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscectomy (medial OR lateral) including chondroplastyfee scheduleOutpatient—

Doctors here who do this procedure

2 doctors affiliated with Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics billed Traditional Medicare for Knee arthroscopy (meniscus) in 2024, most Medicare services first. See all doctors and practices, including those with no hospital affiliation.

Doctor or practicePracticeMedicare quality scoreTimes billed to Traditional Medicare (2024)Traditional Medicare amount for their own service (2024)
Jerome Zechmann, MDOrthopedic Surgery · OlympiaOffers telehealth visitsOlympia Orthopaedic Associates PLLCGroup of 87 cliniciansNot rated24$453 at a hospital or surgery center
Peter Wood, MDOrthopedic Surgery · OlympiaOlympia Orthopaedic Associates PLLCGroup of 87 cliniciansNot rated12$473 at a hospital or surgery center

Reading the doctor list

  • A higher price doesn’t mean better care. The quality score and the price come from different CMS files and are shown separately on purpose.
  • The amount is what Traditional Medicare (original Medicare) approved for the doctor’s or lab’s own service: Medicare’s payment plus the patient’s share. It is not what commercial insurance or Medicare Advantage pays, and the hospital or surgery center bills separately (surgery centers aren’t in this list).
  • The Medicare quality score is CMS’s MIPS final score (0 to 100), based mostly on the doctor’s Medicare patients. About half of doctors aren’t scored, so Not rated says nothing bad about a doctor. A group’s score covers everyone in the group.
  • CMS doesn’t publish counts under 11 patients, so doctors who rarely bill Medicare for this aren’t listed, and No price published means CMS has no amount for that setting.
  • Medicare’s file doesn’t say where a doctor did the procedure, only that they billed it in Washington. Affiliations are the hospitals each doctor lists with Medicare.

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