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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

North Dakota 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?

$1,609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$933$575 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$501 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,129Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $933

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
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,609

$933 physician + $676 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.