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Transplanting Cartilage Plugs Into The Knee

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 27416

Takes small cylinders of cartilage with the bone beneath them from a part of the knee that carries little weight, and presses them into a damaged area of the joint surface through an open incision. The transplanted plugs restore a smooth surface where cartilage has been lost. The tissue comes from the patient's own knee, so there is no risk of rejection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Transplanting Cartilage Plugs Into The Knee cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$891 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$977 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,138
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $1,023

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
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Mississippi· 39th of 51

$1,175

CA $8,318KY $955

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.