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Knee Ligament Reconstruction

Nebraska 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?

$7,539

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,539 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$1,514$1,000 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,090 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,244
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $1,514

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
$4,168.69
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$7,539

$1,514 physician + $6,026 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.