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Knee Arthroscopy to Remove a Loose Fragment

New York rates for HCPCS 29874

A camera and fine instruments are placed into the knee through small punctures, and a loose piece of cartilage or bone floating inside the joint, or another foreign fragment, is located and taken out. Loose fragments cause catching, locking and sudden giving way. Removing them usually settles those mechanical symptoms.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Arthroscopy to Remove a Loose Fragment cost?

$5,129

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,090 to $7,943.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $832 to $10,965
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129

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
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,949.84
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where New York sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

New York· 16th of 50

$5,129

IN $10,233MD $851

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.