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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Maryland 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?

$1,306

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,306 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$646$513 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$513 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,074Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $646

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 50th of 50

$1,306

$646 physician + $661 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.