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Tendon Transfer in the Lower Leg

Virginia 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?

$5,618

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,618 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$741 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,549 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $832 to $13,804Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $832

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
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
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$5,618

$832 physician + $4,786 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.