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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Minnesota 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?

$3,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$1,549$1,148 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $741 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $1,549

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
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$47,863.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 41st of 51

$3,893

$1,549 physician + $2,344 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.