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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

North Dakota 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?

$1,934

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$1,288$646 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$646 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,698
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $1,288

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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 47th of 50

$1,934

$1,288 physician + $646 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.