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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

How much does Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle cost?

$3,669

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,669 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$776 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,778 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $9,550Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$3,669

$977 physician + $2,692 facility

WI $7,097MT $1,384

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.