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Pressure Release Surgery in the Lower Leg

Maryland 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?

$417

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $562.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,692Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $372 to $617
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $398

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$870.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$417

AK $1,622UT $257

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.