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Later Repair Of A Flexor Tendon In The Leg

Tennessee 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?

$3,560

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,560 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$676$525 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,698 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,413Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $437 to $4,677
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $676

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$3,560

$676 physician + $2,884 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.