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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

Virginia 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?

$4,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$661 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$832 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,000Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,188
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $776

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
$1,122.02
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$7,943.28
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 33rd of 50

$4,244

$776 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.