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Keyhole ACL Reconstruction

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 29888

Surgery to rebuild the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the ligament deep inside the knee that stops the shin bone sliding forward on the thigh bone. Guided by a camera inside the joint, the surgeon drills tunnels through the bones, passes a graft through them and fixes it at both ends so it takes over the torn ligament's job.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole ACL Reconstruction cost?

$8,206

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,206 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 63 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,072 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,090 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $20,417Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $1,445

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
$1,122.02
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$19,054.61

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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

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WI $16,693HI $2,850

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.