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Cutting A Tight Leg Tendon Through The Skin

South Carolina 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?

$2,193

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$331$257 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,122 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,233Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $89 to $513
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$389.05
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$2,193

$331 physician + $1,862 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.