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Repair Of An Extensor Tendon In The Lower Leg

Illinois rates for HCPCS 27665

Repairs a torn or cut extensor tendon in the lower leg — one of the cords that pull the foot and toes upward. The surgeon opens the leg, finds the damaged tendon and stitches it so it pulls properly again. One tendon is treated, and each additional tendon repaired is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of An Extensor Tendon In The Lower Leg cost?

$6,098

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$603$437 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,291 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,715Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $389 to $851
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,495professional $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
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
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
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Colorado 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

Illinois· 11th of 51

$6,098

$603 physician + $5,495 facility

CO $11,304MT $1,368

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.