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Lengthening or Shortening Several Leg Tendons

Montana 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?

$1,722

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$851$661 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$851 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,630Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $479 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $851

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,722

$851 physician + $871 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.