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Open Repair Of A Torn Knee Cartilage Pad

Rhode Island 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?

$4,068

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,068 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$741 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,622 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,550Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,148
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $832

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
3 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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$4,068

$832 physician + $3,236 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.