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Surgical Release Of Foot Pressure (Fasciotomy)

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 28008

This surgery cuts open the fibrous tissue layer surrounding the muscles of the foot or a toe to relieve dangerous pressure buildup inside that compartment. It is typically performed urgently when swelling or bleeding inside the foot threatens to cut off blood flow and damage the muscles and nerves.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Release Of Foot Pressure (Fasciotomy) cost?

$2,948

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$363 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,096 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,623Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $269 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $437

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
$524.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Indiana than in North Carolina. 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

Louisiana· 34th of 50

$2,948

$437 physician + $2,512 facility

IN $8,332NC $1,009

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.