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Lengthening or Shortening Several Leg Tendons

Indiana 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?

$4,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$676$525 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,820 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $891 to $14,125Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $676

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
$489.78
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,677.35
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$4,750

$676 physician + $4,074 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.