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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Florida 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$562 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$2,951 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $14,791Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,882.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
4 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 47th of 51

$851

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.