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Achilles Tendon Release, Asleep Under Anesthesia

Iowa 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?

$3,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$603$437 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,072 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,943Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $603

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
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
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$3,357

$603 physician + $2,754 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.