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Repair Of A Tear In The Sheath Around Leg Muscles

Virginia 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?

$3,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$363 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,072 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $479 to $9,550Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $427

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
$575.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
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
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 14th of 51

$3,589

$427 physician + $3,162 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.