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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Utah 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?

$3,635

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,635 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$324$87.10 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,000 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,079Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $30 to $589
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $324

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
$524.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
7 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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40

Where Utah 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

Utah· 12th of 51

$3,635

$324 physician + $3,311 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.