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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Kentucky 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?

$2,432

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,432 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$437$380 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$912 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,128Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $355 to $708
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $437

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
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
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
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 39th of 51

$2,432

$437 physician + $1,995 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.