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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Massachusetts 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?

$3,950

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$1,259$955 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,000 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $794 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $1,259

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,630.78
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$3,950

$1,259 physician + $2,692 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.