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Release Of Scarred Tendon, Leg Or Ankle

Virginia 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?

$2,776

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$537$437 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$589 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,913Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $537

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
$588.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$7,943.28
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 38th of 51

$2,776

$537 physician + $2,239 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.