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Drainage Of A Deep Infection In The Neck Or Chest Wall

Vermont 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 October 2026.

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

$5,987

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$617$457 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$5,370 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $8,318Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $389 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,370professional $617

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Vermont· 2nd of 51

$5,987

$617 physician + $5,370 facility

CO $6,113MT $1,198

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.