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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Iowa 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?

$3,687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$933$692 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,122 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,413Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $933

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 51

$3,687

$933 physician + $2,754 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.