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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 October 2026.

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

$6,755

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,755 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$589$490 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,951 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $12,589Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $589

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
$549.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wisconsin 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$6,755

$589 physician + $6,166 facility

WI $7,097MT $1,384

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.