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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Colorado 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?

$6,565

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,565 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$513 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,862 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $676 to $12,882Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $676

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
$676.08
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 50

$6,565

$676 physician + $5,888 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.