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Keyhole Smoothing Of Knee Cartilage

Vermont rates for HCPCS 29877

Keyhole knee surgery in which rough, frayed or loose cartilage on the joint surfaces is trimmed and smoothed away with a small powered shaver passed through a tiny incision. Clearing the loose flaps can ease catching, grinding and pain.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Smoothing Of Knee Cartilage cost?

$8,368

Typical total for the visit. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$776 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,981 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $7,413Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $7,413professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Connecticut than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Vermont· 2nd of 51

$8,368

$955 physician + $7,413 facility

CT $8,436MT $2,023

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.