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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Ohio 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$355 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,622 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,965Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,349
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $813

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
$1,862.09
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 48th of 51

$851

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.