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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Florida 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?

$9,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$575 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$3,311 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $15,488Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,882.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08

Where Florida 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

Florida· 5th of 50

$9,172

$661 physician + $8,511 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.