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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Iowa 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?

$6,271

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,271 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,023$661 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,778 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,023

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
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$6,271

$1,023 physician + $5,248 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.