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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 27403

Opens the knee joint through an incision so a torn meniscus — the C-shaped cartilage pad that cushions the knee — can be stitched back together. Repairing the tear keeps the cushion in place instead of trimming the torn part away. It is done for tears in a part of the meniscus with enough blood supply to heal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad cost?

$5,656

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,549 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,318Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 16th of 51

$5,656

$759 physician + $4,898 facility

AK $11,142MT $2,070

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.