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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Maryland 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?

$4,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$741$724 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,905 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,754Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,148
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 38th of 51

$4,130

$741 physician + $3,388 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.