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Cutting A Tight Leg Tendon Through The Skin

Vermont 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?

$2,235

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,235 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$537$447 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,698 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,890Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $724
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,698professional $537

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 31st of 51

$2,235

$537 physician + $1,698 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.