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Drainage Of A Deep Infection In The Neck Or Chest Wall

Idaho rates for HCPCS 21501

A surgical incision is made to open and drain a deep pocket of infected fluid, pus, or blood located within the soft tissue of the neck or chest wall. This is used when the infection is located too deep to be managed with a simple, surface-level drainage procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Of A Deep Infection In The Neck Or Chest Wall cost?

$1,764

Typical total for the visit. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,764 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$427 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$617 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $427 to $7,244Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Delaware 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

Idaho· 40th of 50

$1,764

$589 physician + $1,175 facility

DE $8,555MD $781

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.