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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Illinois 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 July 2026.

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

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,318 to $5,623.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $1,349

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Illinois· 34th of 50

$3,236

ME $14,791WV $776

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.