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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Nevada 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?

$5,042

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$776$661 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,291 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,772Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,202
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $776

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
$794.33
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$5,042

$776 physician + $4,266 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.