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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Rhode Island 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?

$2,922

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,922 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$479 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,175 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $631

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
3 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
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$2,922

$631 physician + $2,291 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.