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Removal Of An Artificial Knee Joint

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 27488

Takes out an implanted artificial knee joint along with the bone cement holding it in place. A temporary spacer may be set into the gap to hold it open, often carrying antibiotic when infection is the reason. Any new joint is put in at a later operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Artificial Knee Joint cost?

$11,026

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,026 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$1,905$1,622 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$5,623 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $1,905

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
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$13,489.63
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
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
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

Connecticut· 10th of 51

$11,026

$1,905 physician + $9,120 facility

AK $16,118TX $2,821

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.