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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Kentucky 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?

$3,746

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,746 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$794$676 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,259 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,913Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $794

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
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$3,746

$794 physician + $2,951 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.