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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27691

Surgery that takes a working tendon in the lower leg, detaches it from its normal attachment and reroutes it to a new point on the foot, so a muscle that still works takes over the job of one that does not. It is done for weakness or imbalance after nerve injury, or for a deformity that keeps pulling the foot into a poor position. The foot is protected in a cast or boot while the transferred tendon heals into its new attachment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg cost?

$10,963

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$3,020$1,549 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$5,754 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $16,982Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,890
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,943professional $3,020

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$25,703.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$10,963

$3,020 physician + $7,943 facility

CO $13,613MT $2,377

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.