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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Nevada 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?

$415

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $415 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 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$91.20$72.44 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$123 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $91 to $2,239Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $68 to $132
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $324professional $91

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
$89.13
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$107.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
5 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
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 33rd of 51

$415

$91.20 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.