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Achilles Tendon Release, Asleep Under Anesthesia

Illinois 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?

$3,207

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$295 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,660 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,754Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $251 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $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
$331.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
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
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 13th of 51

$3,207

$389 physician + $2,818 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.