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Releasing A Stiff Knee Joint

North Dakota 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?

$3,544

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,544 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,549$1,318 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$794 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,549

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 29th of 51

$3,544

$1,549 physician + $1,995 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.