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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Connecticut 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?

$5,432

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,432 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$550 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,630 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $794 to $11,749Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $646

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$5,432

$646 physician + $4,786 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.