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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

North Carolina 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?

$2,292

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,292 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$813$631 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$832 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,471Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $813

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
$630.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$33,884.42
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$2,292

$813 physician + $1,479 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.