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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

New Mexico 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?

$4,649

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$575$479 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,230 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $676 to $9,120Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $437 to $832
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $575

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
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
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
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 19th of 51

$4,649

$575 physician + $4,074 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.