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Removal Of An Artificial Knee Joint

New Jersey 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?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,026 to $11,220.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $13,490
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511

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
$1,380.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$67,608.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$24,547.09

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 9th of 50

$8,511

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.