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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

New York 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?

$5,770

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$631 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,090 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $11,482Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $759

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
$812.83
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,951.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where New York 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 York· 19th of 50

$5,770

$759 physician + $5,012 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.