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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Oklahoma 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $11,749 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,259$1,072 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,749$3,890 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $26,915Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,749professional $1,259

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
$1,096.48
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 28th of 51

$1,380

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.