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Knee Ligament Reconstruction

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27427

Surgery to rebuild or reinforce a stretched or torn knee ligament so the joint stops giving way. Tissue is used to recreate the missing support and anchored to bone, and the leg is protected in a brace while it heals in. It is done for instability that has not settled with strengthening and bracing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Ligament Reconstruction cost?

$11,256

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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$1,023$832 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$4,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $10,233professional $1,023

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
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
7 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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Colorado 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

Alabama· 4th of 51

$11,256

$1,023 physician + $10,233 facility

CO $13,882MT $2,270

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.