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Removal Of An Artificial Knee Joint

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Artificial Knee Joint cost?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,692 to $5,495.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$20,892.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,548.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$20,892.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 169.8 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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.

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$3,467

WY $25,704ME $151

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.