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Surgical Exploration Of A Penetrating Neck Wound

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 20100

Opens and explores a stab, gunshot or similar penetrating wound of the neck to see how deep it goes and what it has damaged. The surgeon enlarges the wound as needed, checks the blood vessels, airway, swallowing tube and nerves, stops bleeding, clears debris and repairs what can be repaired. It is done urgently after an injury.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Exploration Of A Penetrating Neck Wound cost?

$4,615

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,615 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$724$617 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$832 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $162 to $9,120Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,365
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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

Oklahoma· 1st of 51

$4,615

$724 physician + $3,890 facility

OK $4,615MD $912

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.