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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Georgia 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?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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$1,318$1,072 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,631 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $1,318

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 15th of 51

$1,698

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.