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Pressure Release Surgery in the Lower Leg

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27600

Relieves dangerous pressure build-up inside the lower leg by cutting open the tough fibrous sheath that wraps a group of muscles, giving the swollen muscle room to expand. Without release, the pressure squeezes the blood supply shut and the muscle and nerve inside die within hours. It is an emergency operation after a crush injury, a fracture, or severe swelling, and the skin wound is usually left open at first.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pressure Release Surgery in the Lower Leg cost?

$5,696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$1,622$1,072 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,818 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,622

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
$1,949.84
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

$5,696

$1,622 physician + $4,074 facility

CO $6,728MT $1,277

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.