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Knee Scope Surgery To Fix A Shinbone Fracture With Hardware

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29851

A surgeon uses a small camera and instruments inserted through tiny incisions around the knee to treat a fracture at the top of the shinbone near the knee joint, then places hardware such as screws or pins to hold the broken pieces in position while they heal. This minimally invasive, scope-guided approach avoids the larger incision of traditional open surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Scope Surgery To Fix A Shinbone Fracture With Hardware cost?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,291$871 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,175 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,898
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $2,291

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$2,291

CA $5,012WV $933

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.