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Knee Joint Opening With Lining Biopsy

Illinois rates for HCPCS 27330

This procedure surgically opens the knee joint to take a tissue sample from the synovium, the thin lining that surrounds the joint and produces lubricating fluid. It is done to help diagnose joint conditions such as inflammatory arthritis or infection when a tissue sample is needed rather than just fluid.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Joint Opening With Lining Biopsy cost?

$3,798

Typical total for the visit. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$562$427 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,259 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,913Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 12.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Illinois· 35th of 50

$3,798

$562 physician + $3,236 facility

IN $10,669WV $864

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.