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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Montana 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?

$255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $123 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$132$87.10 to $135
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$123$91.20 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $72 to $145Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $79 to $145
$100$200$500facility $123professional $132

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49

Where Montana 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

Montana· 45th of 51

$255

$132 physician + $123 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.