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Lower Leg Compartment Release, Front And Outer Muscles

Vermont 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?

$661

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $676.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $631 to $933
$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $661

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Vermont· 40th of 51

$661

CA $3,981DE $537

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.