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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Arkansas 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?

$2,578

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,578 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$759$617 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,514 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,169Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,000
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $759

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
$776.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 41st of 50

$2,578

$759 physician + $1,820 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.