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Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Abscess Drainage

Texas rates for HCPCS 21502

This procedure drains a deep collection of pus or blood in the soft tissues of the neck or chest wall, and includes removing a small portion of a rib when needed to fully reach and treat the infected area. It is used for infections that go beyond what can be managed with antibiotics alone or a simple, shallow drainage procedure. The area is typically left open or drained to allow continued healing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deep Neck Or Chest Wall Abscess Drainage cost?

$2,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$64.57 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,514 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,623Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $18 to $575
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $112

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
$851.14
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Health Smart
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
12 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
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Oklahoma 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

Texas· 35th of 51

$2,351

$112 physician + $2,239 facility

OK $6,769MT $1,704

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.