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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 July 2026.

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

$8,245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$832$501 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$4,365 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $776 to $14,454Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $832

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
$3,019.95
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$8,245

$832 physician + $7,413 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.