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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Maryland 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?

$2,384

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$479$468 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$933 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,012Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $447 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $479

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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$2,384

$479 physician + $1,905 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.