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Achilles Tendon Release, Asleep Under Anesthesia

Georgia 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?

$1,903

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,903 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$316 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$776 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,370Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $263 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $389

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
$630.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$812.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$1,903

$389 physician + $1,514 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.