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Surgical Release Of A Tight Neck Muscle

Iowa rates for HCPCS 21720

This surgery releases a tight neck muscle that is causing the head to tilt or turn to one side in a fixed way, a condition often called torticollis. The surgeon divides the shortened muscle through an open incision to allow the neck to straighten and move more freely. It can be used in children or adults when the condition does not improve with stretching or physical therapy alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Release Of A Tight Neck Muscle cost?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$513 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,318Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $759

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Iowa· 26th of 51

$813

CA $4,786NM $525

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.