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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Illinois 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?

$658

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $658 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$95.50$85.11 to $112
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$257 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $151 to $2,512Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $68 to $155
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $562professional $95

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
$91.20
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
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
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$658

$95.50 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.