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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

South 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?

$2,337

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,337 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$692 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$776 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,239Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,698
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,445professional $891

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
$645.65
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54

Where South 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

South Dakota· 35th of 51

$2,337

$891 physician + $1,445 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.