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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Nevada 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?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$1,122$1,023 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,399 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,884
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $1,122

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 46th of 51

$1,202

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.