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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

New Jersey 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?

$3,835

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,835 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$407 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,239 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $871 to $8,913Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$13,182.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
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
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$3,835

$447 physician + $3,388 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.