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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Oregon 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?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$1,905$1,479 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,738 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,951
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,905

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
$2,630.27
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$28,183.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 9th of 51

$1,950

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.