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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Florida 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?

$2,638

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,638 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$288 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,479 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $977 to $12,023Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $81 to $562
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $347

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
$602.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
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
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23

Where Florida 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

Florida· 34th of 51

$2,638

$347 physician + $2,291 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.