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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Delaware 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?

$6,671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$631 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,188 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,244Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,202
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $646

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 12th of 50

$6,671

$646 physician + $6,026 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.