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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Kansas 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?

$5,129

Typical facility fee. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,570 to $7,762.

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 $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 23rd of 50

$5,129

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.