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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Illinois 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?

$2,713

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$427 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,148 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $417 to $8,913Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,000
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $575

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
$416.87
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 39th of 51

$2,713

$575 physician + $2,138 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.