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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Alabama 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?

$3,321

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$85.11$67.61 to $105
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$525 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,311Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $68 to $105
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,236professional $85

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 1st of 51

$3,321

$85.11 physician + $3,236 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.