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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

New Mexico 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?

$5,462

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$759 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,820 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $776 to $18,621Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$758.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 20th of 51

$5,462

$891 physician + $4,571 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.