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Knee Arthroscopy, Body Removal or Chondroplasty

Tennessee 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?

$314

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $209 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$105$81.28 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$209$120 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,630Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $68 to $525
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $209professional $105

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
$2,630.27
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
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
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.91

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 38th of 51

$314

$105 physician + $209 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.