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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Kentucky 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?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$427$331 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$708 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,169Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $288 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $427

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
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$2,086

$427 physician + $1,660 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.