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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Kansas 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,549$1,230 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$3,090 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $1,549

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$33,884.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$1,622

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.