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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Ohio 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?

$5,187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$219 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,445 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,482Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,023
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $617

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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
10 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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 36th of 51

$5,187

$617 physician + $4,571 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.