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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Kentucky 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?

$3,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$741$646 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,230 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,710Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,175
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $741

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
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$3,372

$741 physician + $2,630 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.