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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Oklahoma 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?

$9,020

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,020 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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 $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$2,630 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $20,417Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$9,020

$891 physician + $8,128 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.