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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Maine 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?

$3,388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$933$871 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$933 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $933 to $5,754Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $933

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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
12 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
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maine 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

Maine· 46th of 51

$3,388

$933 physician + $2,455 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.