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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Oregon 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?

$2,961

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$1,413$1,096 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,318 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $1,413

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
$5,128.61
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,182.57
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$28,183.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
13 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
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$42,657.95

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 49th of 51

$2,961

$1,413 physician + $1,549 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.