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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Arizona 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?

$5,041

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,041 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$603 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,754 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,943Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $676

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 24th of 50

$5,041

$676 physician + $4,365 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.