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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Idaho 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?

$3,545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$661$437 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$832 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,318Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $398 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $661

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 32nd of 51

$3,545

$661 physician + $2,884 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.