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Lengthening or Shortening Several Leg Tendons

Oklahoma 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?

$7,102

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,102 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$562 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$1,820 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $871 to $14,454Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,129
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $646

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 2nd of 51

$7,102

$646 physician + $6,457 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.