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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Missouri 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?

$3,025

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,025 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$513$437 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,288 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,623Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,349
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $513

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 37th of 51

$3,025

$513 physician + $2,512 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.