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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Alabama rates for HCPCS 27680

This procedure frees a single tendon in the leg or ankle from surrounding scar tissue that is restricting its movement, without lengthening or repairing the tendon itself. It is used when scarring, rather than a tear or shortening, is limiting motion. It treats one tendon at a time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle cost?

$3,985

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$380 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,259 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,026Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $355 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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

Alabama· 26th of 51

$3,985

$437 physician + $3,548 facility

IN $9,800ME $1,050

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.