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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Kansas 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?

$4,003

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,003 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$692$603 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,202 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,943Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $692

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
$851.14
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 23rd of 50

$4,003

$692 physician + $3,311 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.