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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Montana 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?

$1,330

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,330 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$589$427 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$724 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $562 to $9,120Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $372 to $871
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $741professional $589

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 51

$1,330

$589 physician + $741 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.