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Cutting A Tight Leg Tendon Through The Skin

Ohio 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?

$2,047

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,047 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$219 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$912 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,762Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $79 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $309

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
$616.60
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
7 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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 41st of 51

$2,047

$309 physician + $1,738 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.