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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Arkansas 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?

$231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $148 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$83.18$67.61 to $95.50
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$148$93.33 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,175Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $68 to $141
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $148professional $83

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
$83.18
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
5 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
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 47th of 51

$231

$83.18 physician + $148 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.