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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29866

A knee arthroscopy procedure that repairs a damaged patch of joint cartilage by transplanting small plugs of healthy bone and cartilage taken from a less weight-bearing area of the patient's own knee. The plugs are harvested and inserted through small camera-guided incisions in the same operation, filling the damaged area with living tissue rather than scar tissue. It is used for a focal area of cartilage damage rather than widespread arthritis.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,818$977 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,288 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,715Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $2,818

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$2,818

CA $9,120DE $1,047

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.