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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Oregon 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?

$2,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$912 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,072 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,820
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $1,148

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
$1,659.59
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 43rd of 50

$2,436

$1,148 physician + $1,288 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.