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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

North Dakota 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?

$283

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $283 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $135 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$148$110 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$135$85.11 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $85 to $269Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $85 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $135professional $148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
3 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 42nd of 51

$283

$148 physician + $135 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.