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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27656

Closes a gap in the fascia, the tough fibrous sheet that wraps the muscles of the lower leg. Where the sheath has split, muscle pushes through and forms a soft bulge that can ache or catch with activity. The surgeon repairs or releases the defect so the bulge settles.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles cost?

$5,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,413$1,023 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,570 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,413

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
$1,698.24
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$363.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
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
$186.21
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.4 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· 5th of 51

$5,394

$1,413 physician + $3,981 facility

CO $6,451MT $1,460

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.