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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Kansas 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?

$3,861

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,861 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$427 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,413 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,943Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $550

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
$616.60
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 29th of 51

$3,861

$550 physician + $3,311 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.