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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Nebraska 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?

$5,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$1,445$1,175 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,905 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $1,445

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
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$5,912

$1,445 physician + $4,467 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.