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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Minnesota 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?

$2,693

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$955$759 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$955 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,318Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,738professional $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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$2,693

$955 physician + $1,738 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.