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Open Removal Of Knee Cartilage, One Side

West 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?

$1,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$631 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$631 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,344Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $589 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $631professional $676

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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$1,307

$676 physician + $631 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.