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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Oklahoma 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?

$6,565

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,565 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$617 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,778 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $13,183Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
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
$181.97
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 13th of 50

$6,565

$676 physician + $5,888 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.