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Cutting A Nerve To Release Tight Leg Muscles

Iowa rates for HCPCS 27325

Surgery that divides the nerve supplying a group of muscles in the leg so that they stop pulling the limb into a fixed position. It is used for severe spasticity, where muscles stay clenched and cannot relax, often after a brain or spinal cord injury.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting A Nerve To Release Tight Leg Muscles cost?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$891$575 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,818 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,761Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $891

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
$891.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$933

CA $3,162DE $575

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.