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Cutting A Tight Leg Tendon Through The Skin

New York 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?

$4,222

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$288 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,862 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $9,550Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $269 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $331

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,258.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
15 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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$186.21
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$89.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23

Where New York 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

New York· 11th of 51

$4,222

$331 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.