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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Arizona 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?

$3,995

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$398 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,188 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,586Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $380 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $447

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 25th of 51

$3,995

$447 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.