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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Michigan 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?

$2,566

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,566 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$617$468 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,259 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,074Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $427 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $617

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
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
13 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
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 29th of 51

$2,566

$617 physician + $1,950 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.