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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

New Jersey 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?

$3,537

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$447$363 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,042 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,943Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $316 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $447

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
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
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$3,537

$447 physician + $3,090 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.