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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Iowa 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?

$4,740

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 8 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$3,981$1,349 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,943Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$933.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 50

$4,740

$759 physician + $3,981 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.