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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 July 2026.

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

$7,197

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,197 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$437$380 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,512 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $14,125Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $347 to $708
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $437

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
$851.14
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52

Where Florida 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

Florida· 7th of 51

$7,197

$437 physician + $6,761 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.