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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Colorado 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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 7 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$1,072$1,072 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$3,715 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,072

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$29,512.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$1,950

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.