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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Georgia 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?

$3,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$871 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,259 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,047

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
$758.58
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$3,866

$1,047 physician + $2,818 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.