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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Oregon 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?

$2,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$912 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $891 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,778
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $1,148

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
$5,128.61
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$28,183.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
13 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
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$42,657.95

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$2,436

$1,148 physician + $1,288 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.