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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Minnesota 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?

$4,090

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,090 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$1,000$741 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,202 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $631 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $1,000

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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$4,090

$1,000 physician + $3,090 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.