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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Michigan 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?

$4,882

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,882 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$617$479 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,230 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $617

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
$630.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
12 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
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 15th of 51

$4,882

$617 physician + $4,266 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.