go back

Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

North Dakota 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?

$1,477

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,477 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$832$646 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$398 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,570Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $832

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
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 50th of 51

$1,477

$832 physician + $646 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.