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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Louisiana 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 5 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$1,047 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,514 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $891 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$794.33
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$1,660

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.