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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Tennessee 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?

$4,226

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$759$631 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,399 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,586Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$870.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 35th of 50

$4,226

$759 physician + $3,467 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.