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Hip Tendon Release Procedure

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 27097

Surgically releases or lengthens a tight tendon around the hip to improve the joint's range of motion. It is generally used to treat a tendon that has become tight or shortened, limiting normal hip movement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hip Tendon Release Procedure cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 6 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$933$692 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$851 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,710Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $933

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
$676.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$1,000

CA $5,012DE $692

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.