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Emergency Release of Buttock Compartment Pressure

Virginia rates for HCPCS 27057

An urgent operation that opens the tough sheets of tissue wrapping the muscles of the buttock and hip. Pressure inside those compartments can rise high enough to choke off blood flow, and cutting the covering releases it so the muscle and nerves are not permanently damaged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Release of Buttock Compartment Pressure cost?

$3,929

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,929 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$1,175$1,047 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,175 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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· 30th of 50

$3,929

$1,175 physician + $2,754 facility

IN $8,633MD $1,693

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.