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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

New Mexico 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?

$1,661

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$661$589 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$794 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,550Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $661

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
$954.99
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 48th of 50

$1,661

$661 physician + $1,000 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.