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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Illinois 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?

$2,621

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,621 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$759$575 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,148 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,079Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$676.08
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 35th of 50

$2,621

$759 physician + $1,862 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.