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Pressure-Relief Surgery Of The Thigh, Multiple Areas

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27498

This is a surgery that relieves dangerously high pressure in the thigh and knee area by cutting open the tight fibrous tissue surrounding more than one muscle group. It is used when reduced blood flow threatens to damage the muscles and nerves of the thigh.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pressure-Relief Surgery Of The Thigh, Multiple Areas cost?

$5,643

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,643 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,698 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$2,138 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $10,715Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $676 to $3,388
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $2,692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,715.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,981.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Ohio. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$5,643

$2,692 physician + $2,951 facility

OK $7,713OH $1,925

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.