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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Colorado 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?

$7,579

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$661 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,715 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $912 to $13,183Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 10th of 50

$7,579

$661 physician + $6,918 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.