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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Virginia 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$1,230$1,072 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,288 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$1,230.27
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th of 51

$1,413

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.