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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

New Jersey 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?

$6,838

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,838 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$813$724 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,715 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,882Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,288
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $813

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
$812.83
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 21st of 51

$6,838

$813 physician + $6,026 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.