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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

North Dakota 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?

$3,226

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$955 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$646 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 40th of 51

$3,226

$1,230 physician + $1,995 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.