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Open Release Of Tight Tissue In Hip Or Thigh

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 27025

Opens the skin and cuts through the tough fibrous sheath that wraps the muscles of the hip or thigh, letting swollen muscle expand. It is done urgently when pressure inside a muscle compartment rises high enough to cut off blood supply, and also for chronic tightness that limits movement. The wound may be left open at first and closed later.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Release Of Tight Tissue In Hip Or Thigh cost?

$4,533

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,533 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$1,778$1,549 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$912 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Oklahoma 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

North Dakota· 28th of 51

$4,533

$1,778 physician + $2,754 facility

OK $11,096TX $2,225

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.