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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Minnesota 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$2,512$1,862 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,884 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $21,380Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $2,512

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$32,359.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$2,570

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.