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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Montana 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?

$2,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$912$692 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$1,072 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,318Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $912

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Montana 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

Montana· 46th of 50

$2,034

$912 physician + $1,122 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.