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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Florida 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?

$3,308

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$490$363 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,479 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $12,023Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $89 to $794
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $490

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
$776.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
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
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63

Where Florida 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

Florida· 38th of 51

$3,308

$490 physician + $2,818 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.