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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Indiana 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?

$948

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$135$77.62 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$214 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,169Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $68 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $135

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
$77.62
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$354.81
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
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
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.12

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 12th of 51

$948

$135 physician + $813 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.