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Ankle Arthroscopy for Cartilage and Bone Defect

Pennsylvania 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?

$5,248

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,090 to $8,318.

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 $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $11,482
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,481.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 15th of 50

$5,248

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.