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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Montana 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?

$1,685

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,685 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$708$537 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$891 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,318Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $977professional $708

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$1,685

$708 physician + $977 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.