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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Louisiana 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?

$5,863

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,863 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$851$724 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,905 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,471Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $851

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
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$5,863

$851 physician + $5,012 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.