go back

Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Colorado 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?

$13,119

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$891 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$6,166 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $1,096

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
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
6 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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$13,119

$1,096 physician + $12,023 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.