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Camera-Assisted Repair of a Shinbone Knee Break

Wyoming 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?

$9,405

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$1,820$1,514 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$7,586 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,820

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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 7th of 51

$9,405

$1,820 physician + $7,586 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.