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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Illinois 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?

$5,041

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,041 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$676$501 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,738 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $912 to $10,471Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $427 to $933
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $676

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
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
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
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 13th of 51

$5,041

$676 physician + $4,365 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.