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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Iowa 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?

$672

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $672 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$110$93.33 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$148 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,548Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $85 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $562professional $110

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
$87.10
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
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
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 51

$672

$110 physician + $562 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.