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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Alaska rates for HCPCS 27301

This procedure surgically opens and drains a deep collection of pus, fluid, or blood, such as an abscess, cyst, or hematoma, located within the thigh or knee area. It addresses a problem situated deeper in the tissue rather than just beneath the skin surface.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage cost?

$2,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$617 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$646 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,445

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
$446.68
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Indiana 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

Alaska· 37th of 50

$2,567

$1,445 physician + $1,122 facility

IN $10,603MD $1,306

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.