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Tendon Transfer In Lower Leg, Superficial Route

Missouri 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?

$4,571

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $7,079.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $15,136
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$22,387.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd of 50

$4,571

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.