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Tendon Transfer In Lower Leg, Superficial Route

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 27690

Detaches a tendon in the lower leg and reattaches it in a new place so a working muscle takes over a job a weakened one can no longer do. The tendon is rerouted along a path just beneath the skin rather than through the deeper space between the two leg bones. It is used for a foot that drops or turns inward when walking because of nerve or muscle weakness.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tendon Transfer In Lower Leg, Superficial Route cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $9,120.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $21,380
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,802

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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$32,359.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$18,620.87

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Minnesota· 31st of 50

$3,802

IN $20,893ND $646

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.