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Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint

Michigan 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?

$3,559

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,559 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$891 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,778 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,047

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
13 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
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 51

$3,559

$1,047 physician + $2,512 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.