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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Arkansas 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?

$2,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$631$525 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,023 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $724 to $3,020Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $457 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $631

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
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 40th of 50

$2,329

$631 physician + $1,698 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.