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Lower Leg Compartment Release, Front And Outer Muscles

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 27892

Emergency surgery to relieve dangerous pressure buildup in the calf and shin by cutting open the tough tissue casing around the muscle group at the front and outer side of the lower leg, along with removal of any muscle or nerve tissue that has already died from the pressure. It is performed for compartment syndrome, a condition in which swelling inside the leg cuts off blood flow to the muscles and nerves. Only the front and outer muscle group is addressed here, rather than the muscles toward the back of the calf.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lower Leg Compartment Release, Front And Outer Muscles cost?

$4,036

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,036 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 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$724$575 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,089 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,457Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 50

$4,036

$724 physician + $3,311 facility

IN $10,795WV $1,099

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.