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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Maine 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?

$3,731

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$977$912 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,692 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,715Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,715.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
12 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
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where Maine 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

Maine· 47th of 51

$3,731

$977 physician + $2,754 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.