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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

Nebraska 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?

$7,504

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$1,047$676 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$4,169 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $1,047

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 50

$7,504

$1,047 physician + $6,457 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.