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Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint

Georgia 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?

$3,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$933 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,072 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $1,148

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
$1,202.26
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$3,010

$1,148 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.