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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Missouri 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?

$3,623

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,623 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$603$490 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,778 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,471Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $603

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
$549.54
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$19,952.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
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
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 26th of 51

$3,623

$603 physician + $3,020 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.