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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Massachusetts 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?

$3,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$468 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,089 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,244Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $631

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,174.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$3,942

$631 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.