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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

New Hampshire 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?

$4,567

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$676$490 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,549 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,233Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $676

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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$512.86

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 23rd of 51

$4,567

$676 physician + $3,890 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.