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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Alaska rates for HCPCS G0289

Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, for removal of loose body, foreign body, debridement/shaving of articular cartilage (chondroplasty) at the time of other surgical knee arthroscopy in a different compartment of the same knee

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty cost?

$1,011

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$234$120 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$195 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $138 to $12,023Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $79 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $234

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Alabama 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 11th of 51

$1,011

$234 physician + $776 facility

AL $3,321DE $200

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.