go back

Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Georgia 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?

$4,727

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,727 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,096$933 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,288 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$1,445.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$630.96

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$4,727

$1,096 physician + $3,631 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.