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Knee Ligament Reconstruction

Kansas 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?

$8,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$1,047$832 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$3,631 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $1,047

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 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
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 8th of 51

$8,291

$1,047 physician + $7,244 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.