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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27332

This is a surgery in which the knee joint is opened and the surgeon removes damaged meniscus, the crescent-shaped cartilage cushion inside the knee, from either the inner or the outer side of the joint. It is done through a traditional incision rather than with a scope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side cost?

$2,809

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,809 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$1,738$603 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$776 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $513 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,548
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $1,738

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,089.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.3 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

Alaska· 39th of 50

$2,809

$1,738 physician + $1,072 facility

IN $10,909WV $1,307

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.