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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Michigan 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?

$4,611

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,611 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$537$417 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,570 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $562 to $7,244Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $380 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $537

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
$562.34
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 20th of 51

$4,611

$537 physician + $4,074 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.