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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Alabama 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?

$9,128

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$794 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$4,365 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,128professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 9th of 51

$9,128

$1,000 physician + $8,128 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.