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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Transfer of one leg or ankle tendon, deep placement

CPT 27691the billing code this page is about

Surgery that moves or reroutes a single tendon of the lower leg or ankle along a deep path, such as between the two leg bones or under other deep tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $3,371 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 714 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,377. Most fall between $1,425 and $11,640 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
714
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 714 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$988$1,568$3,371$9,058$19,279

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($988 vs $19,279).

How the prices are spread

$769 – $1,106: 47 hospitals$769$1,106 – $1,591: 99 hospitals$1,591 – $2,287: 97 hospitals$1,591$2,287 – $3,289: 76 hospitals$3,289 – $4,729: 58 hospitals$3,289$4,729 – $6,800: 59 hospitals$6,800 – $9,778: 82 hospitals$6,800$9,778 – $14,060: 67 hospitals$14,060 – $20,217: 30 hospitals$14,060$20,217 – $29,070: 29 hospitals$20,217median $3,371price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (644 of 714 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$769$1,10647
$1,106$1,59199
$1,591$2,28797
$2,287$3,28976
$3,289$4,72958
$4,729$6,80059
$6,800$9,77882
$9,778$14,06067
$14,060$20,21730
$20,217$29,07029

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$3,371
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.45×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,371.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,768 across 18 hospitalsWA$1,768Idaho: median $5,243 across 15 hospitalsID$5,243Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,648 across 30 hospitalsMN$2,648Illinois: median $1,598 across 21 hospitalsIL$1,598Wisconsin: median $4,786 across 35 hospitalsWI$4,786Michigan: median $1,774 across 39 hospitalsMI$1,774New York: median $8,454 across 49 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,027 across 18 hospitalsOR$2,027Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,844 across 32 hospitalsIA$1,844Indiana: median $1,411 across 18 hospitalsIN$1,411Ohio: median $14,534 across 30 hospitalsOH$14,534Pennsylvania: median $7,138 across 27 hospitalsPA$7,138New Jersey: median $7,807 across 34 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,255 across 47 hospitalsCA$3,255Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,019 across 12 hospitalsCO$3,019Nebraska: median $2,155 across 17 hospitalsNE$2,155Missouri: median $4,661 across 18 hospitalsMO$4,661Kentucky: median $1,112 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,112West Virginia: median $1,261 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,261Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,396 across 14 hospitalsKS$2,396Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,497 across 10 hospitalsTN$1,497North Carolina: median $1,713 across 11 hospitalsNC$1,713South Carolina: median $10,876 across 11 hospitalsSC$10,876Oklahoma: median $1,561 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,561Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $2,521 across 10 hospitalsAL$2,521Georgia: median $8,241 across 11 hospitalsGA$8,241Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,780 across 34 hospitalsTX$4,780Florida: median $18,866 across 12 hospitalsFL$18,866
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,371. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL12$18,866+460%$7,171 – $23,775
Ohio OH30$14,534+331%$1,856 – $33,500
South Carolina SC11$10,876+223%$9,654 – $25,602
New York NY49$8,454+151%$1,559 – $13,784
Georgia GA11$8,241+144%$5,814 – $8,241
New Jersey NJ34$7,807+132%$4,627 – $9,388
Pennsylvania PA27$7,138+112%$238 – $12,077
Idaho ID15$5,243+56%$1,859 – $12,106
Wisconsin WI35$4,786+42%$3,490 – $6,456
Texas TX34$4,780+42%$2,866 – $11,620
Missouri MO18$4,661+38%$1,233 – $20,527
California CA47$3,255−3%$2,165 – $12,376
Colorado CO12$3,019−10%$1,613 – $19,279
Minnesota MN30$2,648−21%$1,287 – $4,334
Alabama AL10$2,521−25%$1,079 – $11,878
Kansas KS14$2,396−29%$1,158 – $7,119
Nebraska NE17$2,155−36%$1,068 – $3,572
Oregon OR18$2,027−40%$1,381 – $2,475
Iowa IA32$1,844−45%$1,477 – $2,171
Michigan MI39$1,774−47%$1,429 – $9,978
Washington WA18$1,768−48%$1,337 – $5,323
North Carolina NC11$1,713−49%$1,415 – $6,896
Illinois IL21$1,598−53%$882 – $2,826
Oklahoma OK15$1,561−54%$1,561 – $9,731
Tennessee TN10$1,497−56%$804 – $9,072
Indiana IN18$1,411−58%$882 – $27,337
West Virginia WV16$1,261−63%$788 – $2,755
Kentucky KY10$1,112−67%$769 – $3,513
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,371.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care521$4,627$1,561 – $12,376
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access176$2,002$1,233 – $4,786
Ownership
For-profit90$7,232$2,040 – $18,866
Government114$2,106$1,370 – $8,454
Non-profit509$3,371$1,403 – $12,106
System affiliation
Part of a system552$4,265$1,559 – $12,376
Independent162$2,199$1,337 – $6,908

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,548
Median cash price$3,371
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

324 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,903 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,694; most fall between $1,061 and $8,170.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 324 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$804$1,239$1,903$4,786$12,376

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($804 vs $12,376).

Of the 362 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 324 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

714 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 789 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted714
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code789

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tr/Trnspl 1 Tdn W/Musc Redirion/Rerouting Dp.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Transfer of one leg or ankle tendon, deep placement (CPT 27691) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27691-transfer-of-one-leg-or-ankle-tendon-deep-placement