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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Massachusetts 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?

$4,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$676 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,512 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,607Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $851

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 50

$4,240

$851 physician + $3,388 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.