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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Delaware 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?

$5,315

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$417$407 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,188 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,244Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $380 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,898professional $417

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 14th of 51

$5,315

$417 physician + $4,898 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.