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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 27659

Repairs a tendon in the lower leg that bends the foot or toes downward, done as a later operation rather than at the time of the original injury. Scarred tendon ends are cleaned up and joined, and a piece of tendon from elsewhere may be used to bridge a gap if the ends will not reach. One tendon is treated at a time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg cost?

$3,977

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,977 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$589$513 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,175 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,318Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $468 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $589

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
$575.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
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
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 7.0 times more in Alabama 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

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$3,977

$589 physician + $3,388 facility

AL $10,808MT $1,535

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.