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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

North Dakota 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?

$4,715

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,202 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$776 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,479

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 39th of 51

$4,715

$1,479 physician + $3,236 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.