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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Nebraska 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?

$7,453

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,318 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,818 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,698

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
$1,548.82
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,445.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$7,453

$1,698 physician + $5,754 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.