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Cutting A Nerve To Release Tight Leg Muscles

South Carolina 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$631$550 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$1,096 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $646 to $12,589Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $631

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
$645.65
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$646

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.