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Emergency Release of Thigh Compartment Pressure

Vermont rates for HCPCS 27497

An urgent operation that opens the tough sheet of tissue enclosing a muscle group of the thigh or knee region. Pressure inside that compartment can rise high enough to shut off blood flow, and cutting the covering releases it so the muscle and nerves inside are not permanently damaged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Release of Thigh Compartment Pressure cost?

$676

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $692.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $676 to $955
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Vermont· 41st of 51

$676

CA $3,981NM $589

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.