No office rate
Use 29866 for arthroscopic transfer of the patient’s own osteochondral tissue. Use 29867 for arthroscopic implantation of donor allograft tissue.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
29866 in Redding
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$978.73
Base rate per service
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
Orthopedic surgery
About 29866: Arthroscopic knee osteochondral autograft transfer
Reports arthroscopic transfer of the patient's own osteochondral graft to treat a focal knee cartilage defect, including harvesting the graft.
This procedure transfers one or more plugs of the patient’s own bone and cartilage from a donor area of the knee to a focal cartilage defect, using arthroscopy. It is used for selected osteochondral lesions where replacing the damaged surface with the patient’s own tissue is appropriate. An orthopedic surgeon typically performs it in an operating room, most often in a hospital outpatient or ambulatory surgery setting. The graft harvest is part of the service.
Report the code when the operative documentation supports arthroscopic autograft transfer, rather than a different cartilage-restoration method or an allograft. Documentation should identify the defect, the autograft transfer, and the arthroscopic approach. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 29866
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU14.30 · 49%
- Practice expense (office) RVU11.98 · 41%
- Malpractice RVU3.04 · 10%
17
Medicare services in 2024 · #6002 by national volume
This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
29866 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Redding, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
29879 describes abrasion arthroplasty, not transfer of an osteochondral plug. Select based on the technique documented in the operative report.
No office rate
27412 describes autologous chondrocyte implantation, a distinct cartilage-restoration procedure. It is not the arthroscopic transfer of osteochondral autograft plugs reported with 29866.
The same code, a different location
How does Redding compare?
29866 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
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Other payment areas listed in California appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.
The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.
Compare all 108 other payment areas
Madera
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$978.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$978.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$978.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1086.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1027.23
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$978.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1011.40
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1014.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1010.63
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1025.57
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1133.82
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1130.36
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1161.60
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1147.49
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$995.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1028.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1012.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1037.76
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$978.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1081.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$978.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$978.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1087.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1150.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1116.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1134.21
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1198.55
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$885.23
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$873.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$952.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$988.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1041.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$966.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1066.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1012.78
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1007.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$955.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$991.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$884.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$893.79
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1050.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1001.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1071.85
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$897.91
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$890.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$926.27
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$969.52
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$929.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1065.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$987.55
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1040.23
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$980.57
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$908.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$938.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1034.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$957.60
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$919.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$952.57
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$960.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$921.45
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$897.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$979.11
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$915.85
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$919.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$885.35
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$983.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1080.33
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1045.08
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$966.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$962.76
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1172.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1060.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1127.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$929.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$945.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$913.86
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1005.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$947.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1023.91
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$940.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$982.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$990.63
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$933.67
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$911.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$895.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$991.90
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$936.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$957.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$967.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$964.91
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$962.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1018.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$949.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$944.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$942.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$982.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$925.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$982.46
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1075.45
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$892.24
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$970.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 29866
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$952.91
No comparable office rate is available.
See how rates vary across the country
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| State / territory | Rate range | Localities |
|---|---|---|
| AK | No published base rate | 1 |
| AL | No published base rate | 1 |
| AR | No published base rate | 1 |
| AZ | No published base rate | 1 |
| CA | No published base rate | 29 |
| CO | No published base rate | 1 |
| CT | No published base rate | 1 |
| DC | No published base rate | 1 |
| DE | No published base rate | 1 |
| FL | No published base rate | 3 |
| GA | No published base rate | 2 |
| GU | No published base rate | 1 |
| HI | No published base rate | 1 |
| IA | No published base rate | 1 |
| ID | No published base rate | 1 |
| IL | No published base rate | 4 |
| IN | No published base rate | 1 |
| KS | No published base rate | 1 |
| KY | No published base rate | 1 |
| LA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MD | No published base rate | 3 |
| ME | No published base rate | 2 |
| MI | No published base rate | 2 |
| MN | No published base rate | 1 |
| MO | No published base rate | 3 |
| MS | No published base rate | 1 |
| MT | No published base rate | 1 |
| NC | No published base rate | 1 |
| ND | No published base rate | 1 |
| NE | No published base rate | 1 |
| NH | No published base rate | 1 |
| NJ | No published base rate | 2 |
| NM | No published base rate | 1 |
| NV | No published base rate | 1 |
| NY | No published base rate | 5 |
| OH | No published base rate | 1 |
| OK | No published base rate | 1 |
| OR | No published base rate | 2 |
| PA | No published base rate | 2 |
| PR | No published base rate | 1 |
| RI | No published base rate | 1 |
| SC | No published base rate | 1 |
| SD | No published base rate | 1 |
| TN | No published base rate | 1 |
| TX | No published base rate | 8 |
| UT | No published base rate | 1 |
| VA | No published base rate | 2 |
| VI | No published base rate | 1 |
| VT | No published base rate | 1 |
| WA | No published base rate | 2 |
| WI | No published base rate | 1 |
| WV | No published base rate | 1 |
| WY | No published base rate | 1 |
Where does this rate apply?
Redding is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.
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Turn a percentage into dollars for 29866 in Redding. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$1076.60
$978.73 × 110% = $1076.60
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 29866 in Redding.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
3,350
- Code
- 29866
- Physician work
- 14.30
- Practice expense
- 11.98
- Malpractice
- 3.04
GPCI2026.csv
19
- Locality
- Redding
- Physician work
- 1.017
- Practice expense
- 1.096
- Malpractice
- 0.536
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 14.30 | × 1.017 | 14.5431 |
| Practice expense | 11.98 | × 1.096 | 13.1301 |
| Malpractice | 3.04 | × 0.536 | 1.6294 |
| Total RVUs | 29.3026 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Redding$978.73
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 14.3 | 1.017 |
| Practice expense | 11.98 | 1.096 |
| Malpractice | 3.04 | 0.536 |
(14.3 × 1.017 + 11.98 × 1.096 + 3.04 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $978.73
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
How this rate has changed
29866 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $978.73 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $978.73 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $978.73 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $978.73 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $1047.80 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1047.80 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1047.80 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1047.80 | RVU25A |
29866 billing questions
How does this differ from 29867?
29866 is for transfer of the patient’s own osteochondral tissue. 29867 describes arthroscopic implantation of an osteochondral allograft.
Is harvesting the graft separately reportable?
The graft harvest is included in 29866. The code covers arthroscopic autograft transfer, including obtaining the graft.
How is 29866 different from 29879?
29866 transfers osteochondral autograft tissue to a defect. 29879 is used for abrasion arthroplasty, a different cartilage-treatment technique.
What documentation supports reporting 29866?
The operative report should identify the focal defect, arthroscopic approach, and transfer of the patient’s own osteochondral graft. It should distinguish autograft transfer from allograft implantation or another cartilage procedure.
What is included in the global period?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
Can an assistant or another surgeon be paid for this case?
Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity. CMS does not permit co-surgeon or team-surgery payment for this code.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
3,34729861,,Hip arthro w/fb removal,A,,9.85,8.01,NA,8.01,,1.82,19.68,19.68,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,34829862,,Hip arthr0 w/debridement,A,,10.89,9.69,NA,9.69,,2.17,22.75,22.75,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,34929863,,Hip arthr0 w/synovectomy,A,,10.89,9.66,NA,9.66,,2.12,22.67,22.67,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,35029866,,Autgrft implnt knee w/scope,A,,14.30,11.98,NA,11.98,,3.04,29.32,29.32,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,35129867,,Allgrft implnt knee w/scope,A,,17.93,13.53,NA,13.53,,3.83,35.29,35.29,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,35229868,,Meniscal trnspl knee w/scpe,A,,24.47,15.62,NA,15.62,,5.19,45.28,45.28,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,35329870,,Arthrs knee dx w/wo syn bx,A,,5.06,11.96,,5.88,,1.03,18.05,11.97,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1601112,CA,60,MODESTO,1.017,1.096,0.536
1701112,CA,51,NAPA,1.063,1.318,0.508
1801182,CA,17,OXNARD-THOUSAND OAKS-VENTURA,1.028,1.182,0.623
1901112,CA,61,REDDING,1.017,1.096,0.536
2001112,CA,62,RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO-ONTARIO,1.018,1.096,0.853
2101112,CA,63,SACRAMENTO-ROSEVILLE-FOLSOM,1.036,1.163,0.536
2201112,CA,64,SALINAS,1.031,1.159,0.536