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Knee Scope Surgery For Both-Sided Tibial Plateau Fracture

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 29856

This is a minimally invasive knee surgery, using a small camera inserted through tiny incisions, to treat a fracture of the flat top surface of the shin bone where it meets the knee joint, affecting both sides of the joint surface. The surgeon repositions the broken fragments under camera guidance and typically secures them with hardware such as screws. It is a more extensive version of a similar repair that treats a fracture involving only one side of the joint surface.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Scope Surgery For Both-Sided Tibial Plateau Fracture cost?

$5,141

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,141 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,622 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$977 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,905

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
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 8.0 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

North Dakota· 39th of 51

$5,141

$1,905 physician + $3,236 facility

AK $25,453MT $3,170

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.