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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Minnesota 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?

$317

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $317 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $200 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$117$91.20 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$200$126 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $91 to $759Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $200professional $117

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
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 37th of 51

$317

$117 physician + $200 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.