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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

North Dakota 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?

$4,231

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,096 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$741 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,413

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
$741.31
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,479.11
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 37th of 51

$4,231

$1,413 physician + $2,818 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.