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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Missouri 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?

$4,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$794$676 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,042 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,471Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $794

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
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
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 51

$4,510

$794 physician + $3,715 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.