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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

New Jersey 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?

$7,920

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$676$631 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$6,026 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $11,749Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $676

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 9th of 50

$7,920

$676 physician + $7,244 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.