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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Colorado 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?

$6,451

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,451 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$447 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,399 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $11,482Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $363 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $562

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$6,451

$562 physician + $5,888 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.