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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Massachusetts 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?

$2,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$617 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$631 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,370Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,089professional $871

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
$616.60
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,778.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,981.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$2,960

$871 physician + $2,089 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.