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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Alabama 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?

$4,463

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$575 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,622 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $6,166Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $661

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 29th of 50

$4,463

$661 physician + $3,802 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.