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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Iowa 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?

$4,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$759 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,349 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $933 to $13,804Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $955

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
$758.58
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 51

$4,343

$955 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.