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Ankle Arthroscopy for Cartilage and Bone Defect

Idaho rates for HCPCS 29891

A camera and fine instruments are placed into the ankle through small punctures, and a damaged patch of cartilage with the bone beneath it, on the ankle bone or the lower shin bone, is cleared out. The base of the defect is drilled to open small channels so blood reaches the area and a repair tissue layer can form. It treats deep ankle pain and catching after injury.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ankle Arthroscopy for Cartilage and Bone Defect cost?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,413 to $6,607.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467

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
$1,621.81
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$29,512.09

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in South Carolina than in North Dakota. 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.

Idaho· 19th of 50

$4,467

SC $11,482ND $676

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.