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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Minnesota 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?

$5,387

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,387 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,148 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,820 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $1,585

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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 21st of 50

$5,387

$1,585 physician + $3,802 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.