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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

West Virginia 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?

$3,884

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,884 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$1,000$776 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,905 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$3,884

$1,000 physician + $2,884 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.