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Thigh Pressure-Release Surgery For One Muscle Compartment

California rates for HCPCS 27496

This surgery relieves dangerous pressure buildup within the thigh or around the knee by cutting open the tough fibrous casing that surrounds one group of muscles, allowing the swollen tissue inside to expand. It is an emergency procedure used to treat compartment syndrome, a condition where pressure inside the muscle compartment cuts off blood flow and threatens the tissue. Only one muscle compartment is opened in this version of the procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thigh Pressure-Release Surgery For One Muscle Compartment cost?

$6,941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$513 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$4,074 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $14,125Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,162
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,310professional $631

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
$3,981.07
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$42,657.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where California sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeCalifornia $6,941 · 12th of 50
IN $11,527WV $1,126

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.