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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Pennsylvania 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?

$5,909

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,909 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$661$631 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,818 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,511Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,072
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,884.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 16th of 50

$5,909

$661 physician + $5,248 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.