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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

South Carolina 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?

$9,861

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,861 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$631 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$1,259 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $741 to $20,417Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,202
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $741

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
$741.31
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 3rd of 50

$9,861

$741 physician + $9,120 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.