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Knee Scope Surgery To Fix A Shinbone Fracture With Hardware

New Jersey 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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 5 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$977$912 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$6,026 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $12,303Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $813 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $977

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,317.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 33rd of 51

$1,230

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.