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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Arkansas 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?

$2,298

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,298 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$479$398 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,230 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,802Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $479

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
$549.54
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$2,298

$479 physician + $1,820 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.