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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Maryland 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?

$1,817

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,817 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$417 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$417 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,467Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $437

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
$239.88
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 44th of 51

$1,817

$437 physician + $1,380 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.