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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Washington 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 July 2026.

How much does Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break cost?

$1,950

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $12,303.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $955 to $21,380
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,950

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$38,904.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$13,489.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$12,302.69
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,311.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$38,904.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$41,686.94

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Washington· 42nd of 50

$1,950

ME $14,791WV $776

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.