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Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint

Kansas 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?

$4,696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$955 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,905 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $832 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 13th of 51

$4,696

$1,148 physician + $3,548 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.