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Knee Ligament Reconstruction

Michigan 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?

$8,013

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$776 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$2,512 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $977 to $11,749Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $933

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
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,803.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
13 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
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 12th of 51

$8,013

$933 physician + $7,079 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.