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Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint

Florida 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?

$2,961

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$447 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,514 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,023Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $85 to $977
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$371.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
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
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56

Where Florida 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

Florida· 41st of 51

$2,961

$617 physician + $2,344 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.