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Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint

Delaware rates for HCPCS 27435

Cuts through the tightened capsule and scar tissue around the knee so a joint that has stiffened up can bend and straighten further. It is used when a knee has lost movement after injury, prolonged immobilization or earlier surgery, and therapy alone has not restored it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint cost?

$2,621

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,621 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$724 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,380 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,388Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,122
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $759

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
$812.83
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
6 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$2,621

$759 physician + $1,862 facility

WI $8,115MD $2,591

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.