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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Nevada 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?

$3,286

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$468$417 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,239 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,762Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,122
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $468

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
$398.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 34th of 51

$3,286

$468 physician + $2,818 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.