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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Idaho 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?

$7,823

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,823 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,202 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,467 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,778
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,514

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$10,715.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
23 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
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 12th of 51

$7,823

$1,514 physician + $6,310 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.