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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Michigan 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?

$4,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$676$513 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$933 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,888Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $676

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
$707.95
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 18th of 50

$4,750

$676 physician + $4,074 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.