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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Arizona 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?

$686

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $83.18 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$83.18$69.18 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$275 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,344Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $68 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
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
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 19th of 51

$686

$83.18 physician + $603 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.