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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Colorado 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?

$6,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$437 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,818 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $537 to $12,882Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,413
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $468

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
$436.52
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 10th of 51

$6,493

$468 physician + $6,026 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.