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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Georgia 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?

$2,359

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,359 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$661$537 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$891 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,079Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $661

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
$478.63
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$2,359

$661 physician + $1,698 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.