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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

North Dakota 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$2,089$1,047 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$1,047 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $2,089

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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$2,089

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.