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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Missouri 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?

$4,872

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,872 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$891$776 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,344 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $15,136Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $891

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
$1,122.02
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 28th of 51

$4,872

$891 physician + $3,981 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.