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Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint

Minnesota 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?

$3,886

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,886 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$1,698$1,230 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,479 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $1,698

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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 23rd of 51

$3,886

$1,698 physician + $2,188 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.