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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Iowa 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?

$5,543

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$437 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,913Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $646

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$5,543

$646 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.