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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Nebraska 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?

$1,136

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,136 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$158$112 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$151 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $107 to $11,482Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $91 to $525
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $977professional $158

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
$75.86
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$1,136

$158 physician + $977 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.