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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Surgery to relieve pressure in lower leg compartments

CPT 27602the billing code this page is about

Open surgery that cuts the tough tissue covering the muscles of the lower leg to relieve dangerous pressure in the front, side, and/or back compartments.

Hospitals typically charge $2,540 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 655 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,813. Most fall between $804 and $6,354 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
655
States
47
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 655 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
$530$965$2,540$5,419$7,088

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($530 vs $7,088).

How the prices are spread

$347 – $484: 14 hospitals$347$484 – $676: 37 hospitals$676 – $943: 79 hospitals$676$943 – $1,315: 56 hospitals$1,315 – $1,835: 77 hospitals$1,315$1,835 – $2,560: 34 hospitals$2,560 – $3,572: 55 hospitals$2,560$3,572 – $4,984: 93 hospitals$4,984 – $6,953: 98 hospitals$4,984$6,953 – $9,701: 50 hospitals$6,953median $2,540price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (593 of 655 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$347$48414
$484$67637
$676$94379
$943$1,31556
$1,315$1,83577
$1,835$2,56034
$2,560$3,57255
$3,572$4,98493
$4,984$6,95398
$6,953$9,70150

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,540
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.76×

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 $2,540.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,779 across 17 hospitalsWA$1,779Idaho: median $2,849 across 12 hospitalsID$2,849Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,772 across 22 hospitalsMN$2,772Illinois: median $1,299 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,299Wisconsin: median $2,590 across 35 hospitalsWI$2,590Michigan: median $1,336 across 33 hospitalsMI$1,336New York: median $3,840 across 42 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $871 across 15 hospitalsOR$871Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,184 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,184Indiana: median $707 across 14 hospitalsIN$707Ohio: median $3,662 across 33 hospitalsOH$3,662Pennsylvania: median $3,804 across 28 hospitalsPA$3,804New Jersey: median $4,330 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,184 across 55 hospitalsCA$5,184Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,450 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,450Missouri: median $793 across 10 hospitalsMO$793Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $521 across 10 hospitalsWV$521Virginia: 7 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $683 across 10 hospitalsKS$683Arkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,431 across 14 hospitalsTN$1,431North Carolina: median $6,100 across 14 hospitalsNC$6,100South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $783 across 13 hospitalsOK$783Louisiana: median $1,545 across 10 hospitalsLA$1,545Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $6,653 across 15 hospitalsGA$6,653Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,427 across 43 hospitalsTX$6,427Florida: median $5,766 across 15 hospitalsFL$5,766
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,540. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA15$6,653+162%$1,791 – $6,653
Texas TX43$6,427+153%$1,780 – $7,088
North Carolina NC14$6,100+140%$2,867 – $6,100
Florida FL15$5,766+127%$982 – $5,766
California CA55$5,184+104%$1,332 – $6,412
New Jersey NJ32$4,330+70%$3,594 – $5,419
New York NY42$3,840+51%$787 – $4,250
Pennsylvania PA28$3,804+50%$307 – $12,413
Ohio OH33$3,662+44%$865 – $9,701
Idaho ID12$2,849+12%$940 – $8,372
Minnesota MN22$2,772+9%$1,884 – $3,904
Wisconsin WI35$2,590+2%$2,293 – $4,370
Nebraska NE10$2,450−4%$1,381 – $5,650
Washington WA17$1,779−30%$1,220 – $5,827
Louisiana LA10$1,545−39%$1,140 – $2,744
Tennessee TN14$1,431−44%$550 – $1,478
Michigan MI33$1,336−47%$935 – $3,007
Illinois IL23$1,299−49%$707 – $7,455
Iowa IA22$1,184−53%$1,071 – $1,314
Oregon OR15$871−66%$834 – $7,938
Missouri MO10$793−69%$777 – $1,115
Oklahoma OK13$783−69%$783 – $6,615
Indiana IN14$707−72%$522 – $2,138
Kansas KS10$683−73%$202 – $854
West Virginia WV10$521−80%$510 – $1,373
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $2,540.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care517$2,974$871 – $6,412
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access124$1,376$790 – $3,497
Ownership
For-profit58$2,879$920 – $7,088
Government98$1,362$804 – $4,342
Non-profit496$2,590$798 – $6,412
System affiliation
Part of a system519$2,772$854 – $6,427
Independent136$1,288$793 – $3,257

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,150
Median cash price$2,540
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

425 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,388 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,096; most fall between $785 and $6,427.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 425 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
$538$924$2,388$6,412$7,652

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($538 vs $7,652).

Of the 467 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 425 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

655 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 720 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted655
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 — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code720

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 Dcmprn Fasct Leg Ant&/Lat&Pst Cmprt.

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 lower leg compartments (CPT 27602) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27602-surgery-to-relieve-pressure-in-lower-leg-compartments