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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Nebraska 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?

$8,967

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,967 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$1,023$631 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,365 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,023

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
$1,318.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 50

$8,967

$1,023 physician + $7,943 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.