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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Montana 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?

$2,489

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,489 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$1,230$813 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,259 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $1,230

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$2,489

$1,230 physician + $1,259 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.