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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Florida 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?

$1,139

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $67.61 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$67.61$64.57 to $89.13
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$617 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,692Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $56 to $100
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $68

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
$602.56
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
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
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
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
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33

Where Florida 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

Florida· 8th of 51

$1,139

$67.61 physician + $1,072 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.