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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$389 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,738 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,318Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $380 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $437

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
$707.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$13,803.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,288.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 18th of 51

$4,802

$437 physician + $4,365 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.