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Cutting A Nerve To Release Tight Leg Muscles

South Dakota 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?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $977 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$977$562 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$832 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,365Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $977

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th of 51

$977

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.