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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Front, side and back leg fasciotomy with dead muscle removal

CPT 27894the billing code this page is about

Surgery that opens the tough tissue covering the front and/or outer plus the rear compartments of the lower leg to relieve pressure, including removal of muscle that is no longer viable.

Hospitals typically charge $2,675 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 370 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,804. Most fall between $1,368 and $4,636 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
370
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 370 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
$905$1,499$2,675$4,477$6,311

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($905 vs $6,311).

How the prices are spread

$799 – $1,004: 27 hospitals$799$1,004 – $1,263: 10 hospitals$1,263 – $1,589: 52 hospitals$1,263$1,589 – $1,998: 35 hospitals$1,998 – $2,513: 33 hospitals$1,998$2,513 – $3,160: 23 hospitals$3,160 – $3,974: 50 hospitals$3,160$3,974 – $4,998: 52 hospitals$4,998 – $6,286: 32 hospitals$4,998$6,286 – $7,906: 23 hospitals$6,286median $2,675price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (337 of 370 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$799$1,00427
$1,004$1,26310
$1,263$1,58952
$1,589$1,99835
$1,998$2,51333
$2,513$3,16023
$3,160$3,97450
$3,974$4,99852
$4,998$6,28632
$6,286$7,90623

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,675
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.80×

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 $2,675.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 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 $2,188 across 24 hospitalsIL$2,188Wisconsin: median $4,477 across 26 hospitalsWI$4,477Michigan: median $1,499 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,499New York: median $3,840 across 28 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,788 across 13 hospitalsOR$1,788Nevada: 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,067 across 18 hospitalsIA$2,067Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,159 across 15 hospitalsOH$2,159Pennsylvania: median $2,382 across 19 hospitalsPA$2,382New Jersey: median $3,986 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,247 across 26 hospitalsCA$5,247Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 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 $876 across 11 hospitalsWV$876Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,709 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,709Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,722 across 19 hospitalsTX$3,722Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,675. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA26$5,247+96%$2,641 – $5,247
Wisconsin WI26$4,477+67%$3,978 – $4,477
New Jersey NJ24$3,986+49%$3,591 – $5,741
New York NY28$3,840+44%$1,652 – $3,884
Texas TX19$3,722+39%$2,906 – $4,094
Pennsylvania PA19$2,382−11%$509 – $5,486
Illinois IL24$2,188−18%$1,368 – $7,103
Ohio OH15$2,159−19%$1,198 – $3,294
Iowa IA18$2,067−23%$2,067 – $2,496
Oregon OR13$1,788−33%$1,513 – $2,675
Oklahoma OK13$1,709−36%$1,709 – $6,615
Michigan MI27$1,499−44%$1,499 – $4,477
West Virginia WV11$876−67%$874 – $2,058
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $2,675.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care290$2,839$1,499 – $5,013
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access69$2,188$1,311 – $4,477
Ownership
For-profit32$2,566$1,368 – $4,720
Government44$1,846$1,066 – $3,840
Non-profit293$3,122$1,499 – $5,247
System affiliation
Part of a system299$3,294$1,450 – $5,247
Independent71$2,140$1,253 – $3,337

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,997
Median cash price$2,675
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

218 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,067 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,497; most fall between $1,311 and $4,720.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 218 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
$890$1,368$2,067$4,477$5,317

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($890 vs $5,317).

Of the 238 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 218 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 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

370 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 410 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted370
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
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 — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code410

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 Dcmprn Fasct Leg Ant&/Lat&Pst W/Dbrdmt Mus.

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, “Front, side and back leg fasciotomy with dead muscle removal (CPT 27894) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27894-front-side-and-back-leg-fasciotomy-with-dead-muscle-removal