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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 October 2026.

How much does Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$933 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,692 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,698
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 37th of 51

$1,175

AK $4,266TX $562

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.