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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29855

Repairs a break in the flat top surface of the shinbone where it forms the knee joint. A camera is placed in the joint so the surgeon can watch the joint surface directly while the broken piece is lifted back into place and held with screws or a plate. This version covers a break involving one side of that joint surface.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break cost?

$14,644

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,644 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$1,905 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$7,079 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $23,988Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,802
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $11,482professional $3,162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$40,738.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$13,182.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,703.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$14,644

$3,162 physician + $11,482 facility

AK $14,644MT $2,489

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.