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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Oregon 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?

$1,592

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,592 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$468 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$708 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,943Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $851professional $741

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 47th of 51

$1,592

$741 physician + $851 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.