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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Illinois 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?

$6,802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$776$661 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,399 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $12,303Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $776

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
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 11th of 51

$6,802

$776 physician + $6,026 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.