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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

New Hampshire 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?

$4,890

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,890 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,000$741 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,239 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,000

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
$100.00
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$794.33

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 26th of 50

$4,890

$1,000 physician + $3,890 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.