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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Connecticut 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?

$8,775

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,775 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$832$646 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$5,888 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $12,882Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $832

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 7th of 50

$8,775

$832 physician + $7,943 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.