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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Connecticut 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?

$8,003

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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$759$575 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$5,248 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $11,749Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $759

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
$3,981.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 50

$8,003

$759 physician + $7,244 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.