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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 October 2026.

How much does Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle cost?

$3,044

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$589$468 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,585 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,754Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,548
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $589

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
6 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
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$3,044

$589 physician + $2,455 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.