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Knee Scope With Fixation Of Loose Cartilage Fragment

Maine rates for HCPCS 29887

Using a small camera and instruments inserted through tiny incisions around the knee, a surgeon stabilizes an area where a piece of cartilage and the bone beneath it has begun to separate from the joint surface but has not yet come loose. Small pins, screws, or similar devices are used to hold the fragment in place so it can heal back onto the surrounding bone. This approach preserves the person's own joint surface rather than removing the fragment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Scope With Fixation Of Loose Cartilage Fragment cost?

$891

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $1,096.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $14,791 to $14,791Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $14,791professional $891

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
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 6.2 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.

Maine· 43rd of 51

$891

CA $4,677DE $759

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.