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Knee Ligament Reconstruction

Rhode Island 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?

$5,504

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$832 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,399 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,471Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
3 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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$5,504

$933 physician + $4,571 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.