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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

South Carolina 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?

$2,606

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$355 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,259 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,183Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $89 to $646
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $468

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
$478.63
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
7 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
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$2,606

$468 physician + $2,138 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.