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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Michigan 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?

$9,175

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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$1,047$891 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$3,467 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,698
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $1,047

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
13 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
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 8th of 51

$9,175

$1,047 physician + $8,128 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.