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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Texas 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 11 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$4,266$2,188 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$33,884.42
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$977.24
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 26th of 51

$1,549

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.