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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Montana 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$1,479$1,259 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,778 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,188Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$1,778

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.