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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Minnesota 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?

$2,314

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$933$661 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$537 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,918Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $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
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
8 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
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 51

$2,314

$933 physician + $1,380 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.