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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Connecticut 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?

$6,400

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$776$646 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,692 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $813 to $21,878Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $776

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$6,400

$776 physician + $5,623 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.