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Cutting A Tight Leg Tendon Through The Skin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27306

Divides a tight tendon in the upper leg, either an inner-thigh tendon or one of the hamstrings, through a small puncture rather than an open incision. Releasing the tendon lets the leg straighten or spread further when the muscle has been holding the joint in a fixed position. This version treats a single tendon.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting A Tight Leg Tendon Through The Skin cost?

$5,303

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,303 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,413$912 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,570 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,820
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,413

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
$1,659.59
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$5,303

$1,413 physician + $3,890 facility

CO $6,645MT $1,112

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.