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Lengthening or Shortening Several Leg Tendons

Illinois rates for HCPCS 27686

More than one tendon in the lower leg or ankle is surgically lengthened or shortened through a single incision, to correct tightness or slack that is pulling the foot into a poor position. It is used for problems such as a foot held pointing down or turned inward. Each tendon treated is billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lengthening or Shortening Several Leg Tendons cost?

$3,867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$776$603 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,188 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,918Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,023
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $776

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
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.3 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

Illinois· 19th of 51

$3,867

$776 physician + $3,090 facility

WI $7,406MT $1,722

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.