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Achilles Tendon Release, Asleep Under Anesthesia

Arizona rates for HCPCS 27606

Divides the tight Achilles tendon at the back of the ankle through a small puncture in the skin, without opening the area, so the ankle can be brought up into a corrected position. It is the version done with the patient fully asleep under general anesthesia. The foot is usually put into a cast straight afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Achilles Tendon Release, Asleep Under Anesthesia cost?

$1,941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$282$251 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$955 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,370Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $282

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
6 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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 7.3 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

Arizona· 35th of 51

$1,941

$282 physician + $1,660 facility

CO $6,269MT $863

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.