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Arthroscopic Knee Ligament Reconstruction (PCL)

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 29889

This is minimally invasive knee surgery, performed through small incisions with a camera and instruments, to repair or reconstruct the posterior cruciate ligament, one of the ligaments that stabilizes the knee joint. It is typically done after an injury that has torn or severely stretched this ligament.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Arthroscopic Knee Ligament Reconstruction (PCL) cost?

$4,861

Typical total for the visit. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,861 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,096 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,042 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,230

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
$794.33
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 12.6 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Kentucky· 38th of 50

$4,861

$1,230 physician + $3,631 facility

IN $28,801MD $2,288

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.