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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Indiana 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?

$10,603

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,603 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$501 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$4,898 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $17,783Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $603

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
$776.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$10,603

$603 physician + $10,000 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.