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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Michigan 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?

$431

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $431 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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$107$87.10 to $120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$229 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $120 to $708Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $71 to $170
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $324professional $107

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
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
11 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
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$431

$107 physician + $324 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.