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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Surgery to relieve pressure in the back of the lower leg

CPT 27601the billing code this page is about

Cutting the tough tissue covering the calf muscles in the back compartments of the lower leg to relieve dangerous pressure inside them.

Hospitals typically charge $1,573 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 405 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,212. Most fall between $702 and $5,477 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
405
States
46
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 405 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$547$782$1,573$4,233$6,917

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($547 vs $6,917).

How the prices are spread

$455 – $618: 46 hospitals$455$618 – $840: 51 hospitals$840 – $1,140: 46 hospitals$840$1,140 – $1,548: 37 hospitals$1,548 – $2,102: 19 hospitals$1,548$2,102 – $2,854: 19 hospitals$2,854 – $3,875: 57 hospitals$2,854$3,875 – $5,262: 24 hospitals$5,262 – $7,145: 50 hospitals$5,262$7,145 – $9,701: 23 hospitals$7,145median $1,573price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (372 of 405 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$455$61846
$618$84051
$840$1,14046
$1,140$1,54837
$1,548$2,10219
$2,102$2,85419
$2,854$3,87557
$3,875$5,26224
$5,262$7,14550
$7,145$9,70123

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$1,573
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.47×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,573.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $821 across 17 hospitalsIL$821Wisconsin: median $2,187 across 16 hospitalsWI$2,187Michigan: median $782 across 23 hospitalsMI$782New York: median $3,840 across 30 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,038 across 13 hospitalsOR$1,038Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,098 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,098Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,553 across 27 hospitalsOH$3,553Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 21 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $4,233 across 25 hospitalsNJ$4,233Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,675 across 27 hospitalsCA$6,675Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $470 across 12 hospitalsWV$470Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $610 across 13 hospitalsOK$610Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,307 across 10 hospitalsGA$6,307Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,774 across 20 hospitalsTX$3,774Florida: median $9,492 across 11 hospitalsFL$9,492
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,573. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL11$9,492+503%$1,573 – $9,492
California CA27$6,675+324%$1,272 – $6,675
Georgia GA10$6,307+301%$3,215 – $6,307
New Jersey NJ25$4,233+169%$3,591 – $5,741
New York NY30$3,840+144%$1,284 – $4,084
Texas TX20$3,774+140%$1,707 – $3,774
Ohio OH27$3,553+126%$1,099 – $9,701
Pennsylvania PA21$2,382+51%$98 – $5,520
Wisconsin WI16$2,187+39%$2,187 – $3,603
Iowa IA16$1,098−30%$1,098 – $1,098
Oregon OR13$1,038−34%$813 – $1,464
Illinois IL17$821−48%$554 – $2,276
Michigan MI23$782−50%$782 – $1,144
Oklahoma OK13$610−61%$610 – $6,511
West Virginia WV12$470−70%$468 – $1,227
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,573.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care320$2,187$744 – $6,307
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access73$1,098$554 – $3,603
Ownership
For-profit42$2,369$636 – $6,307
Government51$1,153$763 – $3,840
Non-profit310$1,749$686 – $6,307
System affiliation
Part of a system327$2,187$669 – $6,307
Independent78$1,153$788 – $2,657

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,640
Median cash price$1,573
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

250 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,144 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,121; most fall between $610 and $6,661.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 250 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$469$660$1,144$5,814$8,199

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($469 vs $8,199).

Of the 279 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 250 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

405 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 465 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted405
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code465

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Decompress Post Leg Compartmt.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgery to relieve pressure in the back of the lower leg (CPT 27601) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27601-surgery-to-relieve-pressure-in-the-back-of-the-lower-leg