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Knee Cartilage and Bone Graft Surgery

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 27415

This is an open surgery that replaces a damaged area of cartilage and the underlying bone in the knee joint with a matching graft of cartilage and bone tissue. It is used to repair significant joint surface damage that has not responded to less invasive treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Knee Cartilage and Bone Graft Surgery cost?

$5,696

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$1,622$1,318 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,399 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,074professional $1,622

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$58,884.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Indiana than in Mississippi. 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

Tennessee· 35th of 50

$5,696

$1,622 physician + $4,074 facility

IN $34,526MS $3,376

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.