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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Louisiana 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?

$1,693

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $70.79 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$70.79$67.61 to $89.13
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$200 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $200 to $6,457Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $63 to $135
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $71

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
$398.11
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
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
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.24

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 6th of 51

$1,693

$70.79 physician + $1,622 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.