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Knee Cartilage Repair With Your Own Bone Plugs

Wyoming 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?

$1,122

Typical physician fee. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,072 to $2,455.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $6,166 to $26,303Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,122

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 47th of 51

$1,122

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.