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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Rhode Island 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?

$5,594

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,594 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$933 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,570 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,023

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
3 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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$5,594

$1,023 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.