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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

New Mexico 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?

$7,104

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$708 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,042 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $933 to $15,488Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,122
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $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
$660.69
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
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
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 8th of 51

$7,104

$794 physician + $6,310 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.