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Achilles Tendon Release, Asleep Under Anesthesia

Nebraska 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?

$3,187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$479 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,622 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $9,120Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $617

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
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
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$3,187

$617 physician + $2,570 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.