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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Tennessee 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?

$3,969

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,969 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$501$398 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,089 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,586Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $372 to $955
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,467professional $501

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
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$3,969

$501 physician + $3,467 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.