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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

North Carolina 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?

$1,806

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$575 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$676 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $759

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
$660.69
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$1,806

$759 physician + $1,047 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.