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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Alabama 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?

$3,128

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$513 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,259 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $851 to $3,890Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $617

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 31st of 50

$3,128

$617 physician + $2,512 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.