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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 October 2026.

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

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,266 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,266$2,754 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,607 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $5,012 to $20,893Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $5,370
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $4,266

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
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,232.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 1st of 51

$4,266

AK $4,266TX $562

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.