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Deep Thigh Or Knee Infection Drainage

New Mexico 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?

$2,210

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,210 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$661$513 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$759 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,772Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,585
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $661

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
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 42nd of 50

$2,210

$661 physician + $1,549 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.