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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Kansas 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?

$4,965

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,965 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$891$661 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,754 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,000Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,047
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $891

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 50

$4,965

$891 physician + $4,074 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.