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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Repair of a tear in the tissue covering the leg muscles

CPT 27656the billing code this page is about

Surgery to close a defect in the fascia, the fibrous sheet that wraps the muscles of the lower leg.

Hospitals typically charge $1,746 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 297 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,298. Most fall between $734 and $4,720 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
297
States
40
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 297 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
$501$838$1,746$4,084$7,588

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($501 vs $7,588).

How the prices are spread

$297 – $411: 9 hospitals$297$411 – $569: 11 hospitals$569 – $787: 32 hospitals$569$787 – $1,090: 43 hospitals$1,090 – $1,509: 17 hospitals$1,090$1,509 – $2,090: 38 hospitals$2,090 – $2,893: 7 hospitals$2,090$2,893 – $4,006: 51 hospitals$4,006 – $5,546: 30 hospitals$4,006$5,546 – $7,679: 32 hospitals$5,546median $1,746price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (270 of 297 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$297$4119
$411$56911
$569$78732
$787$1,09043
$1,090$1,50917
$1,509$2,09038
$2,090$2,8937
$2,893$4,00651
$4,006$5,54630
$5,546$7,67932

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$1,746
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.52×

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 $1,746.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $631 across 12 hospitalsIL$631Wisconsin: median $1,746 across 11 hospitalsWI$1,746Michigan: median $838 across 24 hospitalsMI$838New York: median $3,840 across 25 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 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 $1,555 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,555Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $259 across 17 hospitalsPA$259New Jersey: median $4,233 across 23 hospitalsNJ$4,233Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,588 across 26 hospitalsCA$7,588Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $642 across 13 hospitalsOK$642Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $3,700 across 19 hospitalsTX$3,700Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,746. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA26$7,588+335%$2,013 – $7,588
New Jersey NJ23$4,233+143%$3,591 – $5,741
New York NY25$3,840+120%$983 – $3,884
Texas TX19$3,700+112%$3,127 – $3,700
Wisconsin WI11$1,7460%$1,677 – $1,746
Iowa IA16$1,555−11%$1,555 – $1,555
Michigan MI24$838−52%$762 – $4,499
Oklahoma OK13$642−63%$642 – $3,606
Illinois IL12$631−64%$472 – $1,434
Pennsylvania PA17$259−85%$211 – $5,486
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $1,746.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care244$2,254$656 – $5,299
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access44$1,397$762 – $3,700
Ownership
For-profit35$3,605$642 – $5,507
Government41$1,110$631 – $3,840
Non-profit221$1,746$773 – $5,419
System affiliation
Part of a system236$1,805$762 – $5,419
Independent61$1,286$631 – $3,605

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,770
Median cash price$1,746
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

169 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,555 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,088; most fall between $642 and $5,507.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 169 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
$472$642$1,555$3,977$7,588

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($472 vs $7,588).

Of the 191 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 169 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

297 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 339 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted297
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
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 — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code339

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Repair Fascial Defect Leg.

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, “Repair of a tear in the tissue covering the leg muscles (CPT 27656) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27656-repair-of-a-tear-in-the-tissue-covering-the-leg-muscles