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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 5 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$1,230$1,023 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,399 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,230

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
$933.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 31st 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.