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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 October 2026.

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

$2,043

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$631$501 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,318 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $832 to $6,607Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,413professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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· 48th of 51

$2,043

$631 physician + $1,413 facility

WI $7,097MT $1,384

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.