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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 July 2026.

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

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 8 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$1,148$1,023 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $933 to $3,236
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $1,148

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
$1,621.81
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$23,988.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$1,380

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.