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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Iowa 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?

$5,653

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,653 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,288$1,023 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,660 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,288

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
$1,023.29
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$5,653

$1,288 physician + $4,365 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.